Gradual Change We Can Believe In
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:40:20pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:41:16pm |
re: #2 HoosierHoops
You are so funny friend..Don't make me ding you down!
*wink*
I was trying to find a way to ding myself down. I didn't see the link to the article, so I really didn't know who it was.
Charles, can you ding me down?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:41:52pm |
re: #3 MandyManners
When will the melt-downs begin?
It already started. HH is making fun of me. I'm loosing it, fast.
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Neutral President Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:41:52pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:42:46pm |
Charles, your audacity is showing.
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Da Coyote Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:42:56pm |
Love it. Now, that's the sort of science warfare that I like.
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:43:42pm |
Once you figure out that it's Charles Darwin late in life, it's actually quite funny.
/British humour mode now off
cheers
eon
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:43:48pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:44:09pm |
Yeah, but socialism is the anti-evolution. I think I already said this, but if trilobites had a union and a Democratic voting bloc, they would still be around, receiving subsidies and massive pork.
Trilobite renewal projects
Trilobite bailours
Trilobite community organizers
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:45:27pm |
re: #1 Walter L. Newton
Moses?
The first thing I thought when the picture came up was; Trotski? (and I don't even remember what Trotski really looked like)
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Truck Monkey Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:46:03pm |
re: #18 Soona'
The first thing I thought when the picture came up was; Trotski? (and I don't even remember what Trotski really looked like)
Helen Thomas used to ask him questions.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:46:29pm |
Is this Atlantis?
[Link: www.thesun.co.uk...]
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:46:43pm |
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Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:47:01pm |
re: #18 Soona'
The first thing I thought when the picture came up was; Trotski? (and I don't even remember what Trotski really looked like)
Think of an axe in the head?
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:47:41pm |
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nyc redneck Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:48:07pm |
i love those posters even tho they are commie inspired.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:48:09pm |
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Truck Monkey Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:48:18pm |
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Mirage Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:48:27pm |
Santa?
(I know someone was thinking it given the vastness of the populace. Don't taze me, bro) :)
An apropos poster.
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:48:38pm |
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:48:52pm |
re: #4 Walter L. Newton
being in denver for 5 years, I dinged ya down :)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:48:54pm |
re: #28 Walter L. Newton
Everyone go to post #1 and upding it so it appears on the top 10.
Just because we love you, Walter.
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n in wi Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:49:28pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:50:20pm |
re: #33 EmmmieG
Everyone go to post #1 and upding it so it appears on the top 10.
Just because we love you, Walter.
Done!
/sorry, Walter ... :D ... grin and bare it!
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:50:22pm |
re: #18 Soona'
The first thing I thought when the picture came up was; Trotski? (and I don't even remember what Trotski really looked like)
Here you go.
Not to be confused with Cloda Robinson.
cheers
eon
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:50:25pm |
Update to the ongoing Spencer meltdown:
Subject: Re: Message received at Java Zen Blog
From: “Robert Spencer”
Date: Fri, February 20, 2009 4:12 pmPlease contact my attorney:
WILLIAM J. BECKER, JR., ESQ
The Becker Law Firm
11500 Olympic Blvd., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel:[no phone numbers allowed]
Fax:[no phone numbers allowed]On Feb 20, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Gregory Engel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I received the following message yesterday via the contact form on my
> blog, “Thinking Out Loud.” The message author claims to be Robert
> Spencer.
> While I have taken measures to filter out spoofed messages, I never
> assume
> the filters to be perfect. Can this message be confirmed as having
> come
> from Robert Spencer at jihadwatch.org?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gregory Engel
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:50:26pm |
re: #33 EmmmieG
Everyone go to post #1 and upding it so it appears on the top 10.
Just because we love you, Walter.
No seriously, down ding it. I really didn't know who it was and I didn't see the link to the article. I have sullied the reputation of LGF.
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:50:31pm |
re: #3 MandyManners
When will the melt-downs begin?
Here is what we need to do in the next cookbook..The lmao section was good in the first one..
Chapter 3 The funniest most stupidest meltdowns of 08-09.. ( the ones that made us fall out of the Chair.) You can't buy what I have read in the last 6 months.
Chapter 4: The most delightful post of 08.. IE..Funny, witty. etc.
Chapter 5: The best of Buzzsawmonkey.. Things you read over the year that floored you..( I've read alot )
Chapter 6: The Goddessoftheclassroom prayer list.. The prayers, the answers and the stories...
Chapter 7: You report we decide.. Wait! We'd get sued for that!
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Lee Coller Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:50:46pm |
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:50:51pm |
That image should bring out Creationist Rage Boy for the next 24 hours.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:51:05pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:51:30pm |
We will now have a food-fight over up-and-down-dinging #1.
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:52:15pm |
re: #21 pre-Boomer Marine brat
LOL!
You are such a dear.
/yes, there's a pun there, but it's also sincere!
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:52:47pm |
re: #37 eon
Here you go.
Not to be confused with Cloda Robinson.
cheers
eon
Wow. And that freaky looking dude started a vast movement. There's hope for me yet.
//
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:53:15pm |
Walter, I only figured it out because of Mandy's #3. At first I was trying to figure out what Marxist that was.
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LionOfDixon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:53:30pm |
Robin Williams portraying Rutherford B. Hayes?
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Truck Monkey Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:53:32pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:53:36pm |
re: #47 goddessoftheclassroom
You are such a dear.
/yes, there's a pun there, but it's also sincere!
Thanks! That bucked me up!
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Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:53:50pm |
Photoshop of the day: Schmucky says “Let them eat pork”
[Link: michellemalkin.com...]
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:54:17pm |
re: #38 Charles
I am curious, is he saying that AFTER asking Robert if the contact message was REALLY from Robert, Robert sent a simply reply to contact his lawyer.
Yes?
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:54:38pm |
re: #56 Walter L. Newton
I am curious, is he saying that AFTER asking Robert if the contact message was REALLY from Robert, Robert sent a simply reply to contact his lawyer.
Yes?
Right.
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:55:03pm |
re: #28 Walter L. Newton
Would someone down ding my #1 post. I am so em bare assed.
Everybody keeps updinging you..If You keep begging for downdings you'll end up in the top ten comments..:)
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Shay4l Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:55:28pm |
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:55:29pm |
re: #40 HoosierHoops
Here is what we need to do in the next cookbook..The lmao section was good in the first one..
Chapter 3 The funniest most stupidest meltdowns of 08-09.. ( the ones that made us fall out of the Chair.) You can't buy what I have read in the last 6 months.
Chapter 4: The most delightful post of 08.. IE..Funny, witty. etc.
Chapter 5: The best of Buzzsawmonkey.. Things you read over the year that floored you..( I've read alot )
Chapter 6: The Goddessoftheclassroom prayer list.. The prayers, the answers and the stories...
Chapter 7: You report we decide.. Wait! We'd get sued for that!
great ideas, HH.
Be sure to "favorite" these things for when I start collecting for vol 2!
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:56:13pm |
re: #59 BigPapa
Who dat? Tell tell tell!
He wrote "War and Peace." Russian novelist. Never read any of his works.
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:56:22pm |
re: #55 Lee Coller
It's Obama 4 years from now.
I wonder if he ever got laid. (Trotski, that is. Or maybe Obama)
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:56:36pm |
re: #60 spacejesus
And - we should care about this because . . . why?
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Bobblehead Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:57:00pm |
re: #54 Nevergiveup
Photoshop of the day: Schmucky says “Let them eat pork”
[Link: michellemalkin.com...]
Well, he makes a very attractive girl.
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nyc redneck Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:57:03pm |
darwin looks like such a thoughtful man.
i think he was aware of what was coming.
i think it troubled him.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:57:09pm |
re: #60 spacejesus
spacejesus has a new desktop background
Well, praise the lord. (big shit, but, if it makes your day, don't let me ruin the buzz)
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capitalist piglet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:57:34pm |
re: #39 Walter L. Newton
No seriously, down ding it. I really didn't know who it was and I didn't see the link to the article. I have sullied the reputation of LGF.
I'll ding you down if you want, but you'll have to give me something for it.
I'm thinking about what I want.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:57:49pm |
re: #53 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Thanks! That bucked me up!
I'm all teared up, I lost a female cat named Samantha the Brave on December 8, 2006 to kidney failure. The ginger cat in your video looks like Samantha The Brave. She's waiting for me at Rainbow Bridge. Thanks for the memory.
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Bobblehead Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:58:27pm |
re: #62 reine.de.tout
great ideas, HH.
Be sure to "favorite" these things for when I start collecting for vol 2!
The book came today. You guys did a great job.
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:58:31pm |
re: #71 Dustyvet
I'm all teared up, I lost a female cat named Samantha the Brave on December 8, 2006 to kidney failure. The ginger cat in your video looks like Samantha The Brave. She's waiting for me at Rainbow Bridge. Thanks for the memory.
{Dustyvet}
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jjmckay1216 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:58:49pm |
re: #58 HoosierHoops
i downdinged. but I have roots in CO
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:58:51pm |
re: #71 Dustyvet
I'm all teared up, I lost a female cat named Samantha the Brave on December 8, 2006 to kidney failure. The ginger cat in your video looks like Samantha The Brave. She's waiting for me at Rainbow Bridge. Thanks for the memory.
You're very welcome.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:59:19pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:59:24pm |
re: #70 capitalist piglet
I'll ding you down if you want, but you'll have to give me something for it.
I'm thinking about what I want.
i got what you want got what you need can i get another shot
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Salamantis Fri, Feb 20, 2009 3:59:37pm |
I wonder if we'll have to order up a new batch of Troll House Cookies for this thread...
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Shay4l Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:00:10pm |
My immediate first impression was Karl Marx, not sure why.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:00:27pm |
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
They all had magnifying glasses so they could observe the seeds we were going to be picking apart. We got one of the few sunny days the Pacific NW has in winter. That's your set-up for the story.;
We all went into the backyard so I could make a point about roots. I turn around, and one of the boys has pulled his shirt up and is using his magnifying glass to focus the light beam on his stomach.
He said, and I quote: "Ow."
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:00:52pm |
Change I can't believe in:
Michele "0" (pronounced zero) says "This nation is built on the backs of you," she told the Agriculture Department crowd, "workers who have dedicated their lifetimes to working on behalf of the issues that are so important to this nation."
Our nation was not built on the backs of federal bureaucracy!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:09pm |
Only six more will get into the Top 10.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:16pm |
re: #81 EmmmieG
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
They all had magnifying glasses so they could observe the seeds we were going to be picking apart. We got one of the few sunny days the Pacific NW has in winter. That's your set-up for the story.;
We all went into the backyard so I could make a point about roots. I turn around, and one of the boys has pulled his shirt up and is using his magnifying glass to focus the light beam on his stomach.
He said, and I quote: "Ow."
Take heart, he could have been aiming lower.
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:20pm |
re: #81 EmmmieG
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
They all had magnifying glasses so they could observe the seeds we were going to be picking apart. We got one of the few sunny days the Pacific NW has in winter. That's your set-up for the story.;
We all went into the backyard so I could make a point about roots. I turn around, and one of the boys has pulled his shirt up and is using his magnifying glass to focus the light beam on his stomach.
He said, and I quote: "Ow."
LOL! I'm lovin' this story!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:32pm |
re: #38 Charles
Wow. Do you think it's real?
Spencer is really going to attempt to use the courts to prosecute people for stating facts and opinions on the internet and making a personal decision to remove him from the blogroll on their own blog?
Didn't he nominate you for a pro-censorship award this year?
Amazing.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:34pm |
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:57pm |
re: #20 Nevergiveup
Is this Atlantis?
[Link: www.thesun.co.uk...]
No. Atlantis never existed. Besides, everyone knows that it was laid out in three concentric circles.
/Ignatius Donnelly said so, so it must be true- he got it straight from Plato, or at least that's what he claimed.
cheers
eon
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:58pm |
Here's another slogan:
Glaciers! We're on the Move!
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Lee Coller Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:01:59pm |
re: #81 EmmmieG
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
Wait till they find out where the word gymnasium came from.
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Shay4l Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:02:44pm |
re: #82 IslandLibertarian
"working on behalf of the issues that are so important to this nation."
I thought we were working for the benefit of our families.
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:02:44pm |
re: #81 EmmmieG
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
They all had magnifying glasses so they could observe the seeds we were going to be picking apart. We got one of the few sunny days the Pacific NW has in winter. That's your set-up for the story.;
We all went into the backyard so I could make a point about roots. I turn around, and one of the boys has pulled his shirt up and is using his magnifying glass to focus the light beam on his stomach.
He said, and I quote: "Ow."
Teaching the quick studies, eh? :)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:02:56pm |
re: #91 Lee Coller
Wait till they find out where the word gymnasium came from.
Ooh, not going there. I would just have to cancel class and have their parents come get them.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:04:54pm |
re: #87 Killgore Trout
Wow. Do you think it's real?
Spencer is really going to attempt to use the courts to prosecute people for stating facts and opinions on the internet and making a personal decision to remove him from the blogroll on their own blog?
Didn't he nominate you for a pro-censorship award this year?
Amazing.
Where are you going with this? Even if it's real, nothing was said, other than, if Java Zen wanted an answer to his question (was the email real), then he needed to ask the lawyer.
Fuck, big woop, Hell, I'll call the lawyer, ask him for a complete run down, hey, what are you up to, who's on your hit list, here's my address, let's play.
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Shay4l Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:05:28pm |
Gymnasium is a Latin and English derivative of the original Greek noun gymnasion. Gymnasion (γυμνάσιον) is derived from the common Greek adjective gymnos (γυμνός), meaning "naked"
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:05:29pm |
Has anyone noticed that the first poster in this thread was NOT Walter?
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:05:46pm |
re: #81 EmmmieG
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
They all had magnifying glasses so they could observe the seeds we were going to be picking apart. We got one of the few sunny days the Pacific NW has in winter. That's your set-up for the story.;
We all went into the backyard so I could make a point about roots. I turn around, and one of the boys has pulled his shirt up and is using his magnifying glass to focus the light beam on his stomach.
He said, and I quote: "Ow."
Well, at least he now knows how to light a fire without matches, which is an important survival skill. Or was when I was 13, and a Boy Scout.
/Not so sure it's a good thing anymore- has he evinced a sudden interest in studying ants in their natural habitat on sunny days?
cheers
eon
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:06:15pm |
re: #97 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Has anyone noticed that the first poster in this thread was NOT Walter?
Been a long week, huh?
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:06:42pm |
re: #71 Dustyvet
I'm all teared up, I lost a female cat named Samantha the Brave on December 8, 2006 to kidney failure. The ginger cat in your video looks like Samantha The Brave. She's waiting for me at Rainbow Bridge. Thanks for the memory.
Dude...
I don't know what to say..I can feel your loss and hope you have peace in your heart.
Kind regards Dusty
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:06:47pm |
British Muslims 'providing Taliban with electronic devices for roadside bombs'
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
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Taqyia2Me Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:07:07pm |
re: #71 Dustyvet
I'm all teared up, I lost a female cat named Samantha the Brave on December 8, 2006 to kidney failure. The ginger cat in your video looks like Samantha The Brave. She's waiting for me at Rainbow Bridge. Thanks for the memory.
Condolences, DustyVet.
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:07:11pm |
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SpaceJesus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:07:46pm |
re: #66 reine.de.tout
And - we should care about this because . . . why?
apparently, your dumb ass cared enough to reply
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:08:04pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:08:11pm |
re: #87 Killgore Trout
Wow. Do you think it's real?
Who knows? I do know that it would be a big mistake for him to try this.
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:08:13pm |
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:08:33pm |
re: #104 Soona'
So peeping into the girls' shower is OK?
/
Under them rules, you didn't have to steal a glance 'cause they wuz all nekkid.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:08:45pm |
re: #101 HoosierHoops
Dude...
I don't know what to say..I can feel your loss and hope you have peace in your heart.
Kind regards Dusty
Thanks very much HoosierHoops, I'm doing okay with it.
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callahan23 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:08:57pm |
re: #62 reine.de.tout
great ideas, HH.
Be sure to "favorite" these things for when I start collecting for vol 2!
My cookbook arrived today!
Printed in Spain, so no customs-fees as it's sent within the EU to Germany. Only a slight hitch the back cover is bottoms-up.
But, great to hold something real-life from LGF in my hands.
I'm feeling so - privileged !?!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:09:14pm |
re: #95 Walter L. Newton
I suspect it may not be real. He's under no obligation to call a lawyer. If Robert was going to pursue this he'd have to file something with the courts before anyone is obligated to show up.
I'm suspicious.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:09:41pm |
re: #99 Walter L. Newton
heh ... we're not gonna get your #1 into the top 10 easily, so I switched my vote.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:10:29pm |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:10:56pm |
Anyone want to call the lawyer and find out? They'll still be open for another hour.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:11:05pm |
re: #38 Charles
Have you received anything from said attorney? Any cease & desist correspondence? Have you counsel to refer this to?
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Randall Gross Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:11:43pm |
re: #107 Charles
Who knows? I do know that it would be a big mistake for him to try this.
I think Spencer is in a fragile world where discovery could really hurt him more than he could possibly gain.
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:12:23pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
apparently, your dumb ass cared enough to reply
Fuck you dude..You have always been rude..And let me tell you know..( bring it) Anybody that would have a nic on the Internet with Jesus in it is just f'n sick.
I don't care why..I've been on the internet from the beginning..I've seen alot..
Nobody calls themselves jesus anything you fuck..You have no respect for anything or are an egoist..either way..you suck bro..
Ya wanna continue in the lounge? I still have a few things to tell you..
/Sorry Charles
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Kronocide Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:12:32pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
Listen, Space, if that is your real name. No need to get snappy. We're all honcos here.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:13:18pm |
re: #112 Killgore Trout
I suspect it may not be real. He's under no obligation to call a lawyer. If Robert was going to pursue this he'd have to file something with the courts before anyone is obligated to show up.
I'm suspicious.
Most people don't say "speak to my lawyers" if their lawyers are working on something like this. And certainly, Robert would hold back on any sort of electronic communications until hard copy could be delivered on any part of this matter.
Whatever, it's a long haul for Spencer if he's going anywhere with this.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:13:51pm |
re: #118 calcajun
Have you received anything from said attorney? Any cease & desist correspondence?
Nothing.
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Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:14:27pm |
re: #89 eon
No. Atlantis never existed. Besides, everyone knows that it was laid out in three concentric circles.
/Ignatius Donnelly said so, so it must be true- he got it straight from Plato, or at least that's what he claimed.
cheers
eon
Remember Troy never existed till they found it?
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debutaunt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:15:30pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:15:53pm |
3 more will get SpaceEgo into Number Two spot on the Bottom 10
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Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:15:55pm |
01:44 U.S. to prod Syrian envoy on terrorism, nukes (AP)
Hopes it a cattle prod?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:16:09pm |
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:16:12pm |
re: #81 EmmmieG
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
They all had magnifying glasses so they could observe the seeds we were going to be picking apart. We got one of the few sunny days the Pacific NW has in winter. That's your set-up for the story.;
We all went into the backyard so I could make a point about roots. I turn around, and one of the boys has pulled his shirt up and is using his magnifying glass to focus the light beam on his stomach.
He said, and I quote: "Ow."
LOL!
I grew up with 3 younger brothers.
Boys seem to be wired to find out what happens if . . .
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Taqyia2Me Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:16:18pm |
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unclassifiable Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:16:40pm |
re: #38 Charles
Well there is one for the laziest attorney of the year award.
At least make them send you "Threatening Form Letter #1" certified mail.
/cheap bastid
| 136 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:17:28pm |
“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.”
W. C. Fields
| 138 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:17:50pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
apparently, your dumb ass cared enough to reply
Hey, fuck off and leave Spacejunk.
| 139 |
debutaunt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:18:03pm |
re: #135 unclassifiable
Well there is one for the laziest attorney of the year award.
At least make them send you "Threatening Form Letter #1" certified mail.
/cheap bastid
When you can gaze at the shock and awe letter, it just is so lame.
| 140 |
jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:18:23pm |
re: #89 eon
No. Atlantis never existed. Besides, everyone knows that it was laid out in three concentric circles.
/Ignatius Donnelly said so, so it must be true- he got it straight from Plato, or at least that's what he claimed.
cheers
eon
The legend of Atlantis likely originate when Santorini erupted and a tsunami struck the North Coast of Cyprus and devastated the Minoan civilization.
| 141 |
Cathypop Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:18:34pm |
re: #132 reine.de.tout
LOL!
I grew up with 3 younger brothers.
Boys seem to be wired to find out what happens if . . .
I'm right in the middle of two brothers. That explains whay I followed along and did dumb stuff with them. Silly girl!
| 142 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:19:17pm |
| 143 |
callahan23 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:19:31pm |
No one, no one is messin' with La Reine.
Minus 15 an' countin'
| 144 |
Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:20:15pm |
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
[Link: www.google.com...]
And western civilization reaches a new height? Not that there is anything wrong with it?
| 145 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:20:24pm |
re: #139 debutaunt
When you can gaze at the shock and awe letter, it just is so lame.
LOOK. So far this is NOTHING. It was a reply from Robert Spencer to Java Zen. Not to Charles, not to any other blogger, not to us, and not about ANYTHING.
It said nothing, it referenced nothing, it gave no indication to any subject matter, and it didn't have any legal standing.
So far, this is a NON story. IMHO.
| 146 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:20:54pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
apparently, your dumb ass cared enough to reply
ROFL!
It looks as if I've finally "arrived" here . . . somebody cared enough to give me a nasty reply, dear SpaceJESUS.
| 147 |
quickjustice Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:21:26pm |
re: #38 Charles
Assuming that Spencer is the originator of the message, that's bad etiquette. In an adversarial context, you don't have a lay person "call your lawyer". You don't want to be accused of an ambush. You have your lawyer contact his lawyer. If the potential defendant doesn't have a lawyer, the lawyer should send him a letter laying out whatever concerns the client has, and requesting (or demanding) remedial action or a change in behavior. Playing hardball, the lawyer can simply sue without warning. Hardball is risky unless you know exactly what your adversary's legal position is.
"Call my lawyer?" Only if he wants to negotiate a contract, Hollywood or otherwise.
| 148 |
Cathypop Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:21:41pm |
re: #144 Nevergiveup
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
[Link: www.google.com...]
And western civilization reaches a new height? Not that there is anything wrong with it?
Oh my. Coming up blank for a reply.
| 149 |
debutaunt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:21:56pm |
re: #145 Walter L. Newton
LOOK. So far this is NOTHING. It was a reply from Robert Spencer to Java Zen. Not to Charles, not to any other blogger, not to us, and not about ANYTHING.
It said nothing, it referenced nothing, it gave no indication to any subject matter, and it didn't have any legal standing.
So far, this is a NON story. IMHO.
That's why I was gazing instead of reacting.
| 150 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:21:58pm |
re: #140 jcm
Famous Last Words
*
I'll get a world record for this.
*
Let me reach in and get your watch out of the printing press.
*
Hey there's no handles inside these car doors!
*
Gee, that's a cute tattoo.
*
Here's my Kent State student ID.
*
It's fireproof.
*
He's probably just hibernating.
*
What does this button do?
*
I'm making a citizen's arrest.
*
Can we get a vision plan?
*
So, you're a cannibal.
*
It's probably just a rash.
*
Why am I standing on a plastic sheet?
*
Are you sure the power is off?
*
Yeah, I made the deciding vote on the jury, so what of it?
*
No, my shoes aren't untied.
*
The odds of that happening have to be a million to one!
*
What do you mean, "I'll be back"?
*
Why is the rest of the Star Trek landing party wearing a different color?
*
Pull the pin and count to what?
*
Which wire was I supposed to cut?
*
I wonder where the mother bear is.
*
I've seen this done on TV.
*
These are the good kind of mushrooms.
*
I'll hold it and you light the fuse.
*
What's that priest doing here?
*
You look just like Charles Manson.
*
Let it down slowly.
*
Rat poison only kills rats.
*
OK, I'll go ahead and make your day.
*
It can't possibly rain for forty days and nights.
*
I'll get your toast out.
*
Give me liberty or give me death.
*
Just take whatever you want, this is a ghost town.
*
It's strong enough for both of us.
*
This doesn't taste right.
*
I can make this light before it changes.
*
Nice doggie.
*
I can do that with my eyes closed.
*
I've done this before.
*
Well we've made it this far.
*
That's odd.
*
Hey that's not a violin.
*
I'll just slip into the commuter lane for a second.
*
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
*
You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses on, would you?
*
OK this is the last time.
*
Don't be so superstitious.
*
Now watch this.
*
This planet has an atmosphere just like on earth.
*
That birthmark on your head looks like 999.
*
What duck?
| 151 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:22:10pm |
re: #111 callahan23
My cookbook arrived today!
Printed in Spain, so no customs-fees as it's sent within the EU to Germany. Only a slight hitch the back cover is bottoms-up.
But, great to hold something real-life from LGF in my hands.
I'm feeling so - privileged !?!
The others are OK. If the back cover is not correct - please go to lulu.com and tell them the product is defective!
| 153 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:22:38pm |
re: #144 Nevergiveup
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
[Link: www.google.com...]
And western civilization reaches a new height? Not that there is anything wrong with it?
Not very impressive looking. I've seen better dressed drag queens at the supermarket. Boring. My drag friend Patio O'Furniture looks better than that just by falling into a woman's clothes aisle at Goodwill.
| 154 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:22:54pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
Congratulations. You're headed for the top slot in the Bottom 10.
| 155 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:23:08pm |
re: #142 pre-Boomer Marine brat
It is getting so late. Where did the Degas?
| 156 |
debutaunt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:23:10pm |
re: #151 reine.de.tout
The others are OK. If the back cover is not correct - please go to lulu.com and tell them the product is defective!
Could I have a quick link to purchase?
| 157 |
calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:23:11pm |
re: #124 Charles
Nothing.
Then you have not been warned of any continuing harm that might result to Mr. Spencer. Keep on plugging away. My only suggestion is that you couch your terms in the form of an opinion; not to make any factual statements about Mr. Spencer--ant that what you have done could be called actionable.
| 158 |
Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:23:40pm |
re: #148 Cathypop
Oh my. Coming up blank for a reply.
I'd hate to be Homecoming King in that situation.
| 159 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:23:56pm |
re: #156 debutaunt
Could I have a quick link to purchase?
click my nic - brings you to the blog - there you will find the "purchase" button that will bring you to the site.
| 160 |
Nemesis6 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:23:58pm |
You know what this thread (doesn't) needs? Another stupid debate about micro- and macroevolution being different.
| 161 |
Mirage Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:24:05pm |
re: #81 EmmmieG
Speaking of survival of the fittest, how do boys survive past 13?
Science class today (they took gymnosperm & angiosperm fine but lost it when I explained that a gymnosperm was a naked seed.)
They all had magnifying glasses so they could observe the seeds we were going to be picking apart. We got one of the few sunny days the Pacific NW has in winter. That's your set-up for the story.;
We all went into the backyard so I could make a point about roots. I turn around, and one of the boys has pulled his shirt up and is using his magnifying glass to focus the light beam on his stomach.
He said, and I quote: "Ow."
That which does not kills us makes us stronger ... and go try out something else. :)
| 162 |
Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:24:18pm |
re: #158 Soona'
I'd hate to be Homecoming King in that situation.
He's gonna have to get good and drunk!
| 163 |
calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:24:34pm |
re: #135 unclassifiable
Well there is one for the laziest attorney of the year award.
At least make them send you "Threatening Form Letter #1" certified mail.
/cheap bastid
No. That's me. Look at all the time I spend here.
| 164 |
gclaghorn Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:24:37pm |
re: #150 Dustyvet
"What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--"
--John Sedgwick
| 165 |
Cathypop Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:25:24pm |
| 166 |
Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:25:34pm |
re: #143 callahan23
No one, no one is messin' with La Reine.
Minus 15 an' countin'
Thanks for reminding me..I forgot to down ding that ass..I had to go back to do I deed I rarely do...
/Ya ready for the lounge yet spacejesus?
//Gosh I remember getting trash talk so bad in a game in High School that when I got home I cried..Then I used his lines the next game..He was pretty good.. The whole thing about going out to tip-off and him feeling my arm and going..Damn boy..you sure are weak..I knew then It wasn't going to be pretty..
| 167 |
Mirage Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:25:51pm |
re: #144 Nevergiveup
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
[Link: www.google.com...]
And western civilization reaches a new height? Not that there is anything wrong with it?
Gives the term "Homecoming Queen" another definition, doesn't it? :)
| 168 |
unclassifiable Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:26:15pm |
re: #163 calcajun
I suppose now I am going to be sued for besmirching your unprofessional reputation.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:26:30pm |
re: #155 ilzito guacamolito
It is getting so late. Where did the Degas?
I'd like to continue this, but I don't have time to Dali.
| 170 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:27:25pm |
Some community activists could face criminal charges after breaking into a home in Southeast Baltimore.
Police were at the home Thursday night looking for fingerprints and other evidence.
The activists who staged the break-in belong to the Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now or ACORN.
After snapping a lock with bolt cutters, ACORN member Louis Beverly told supporters "this is our house now."
/your tax dollars at work, $4 billion more in th pipeline
| 171 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:27:41pm |
re: #169 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Que Seurat, Seurat.
| 172 |
gclaghorn Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:27:44pm |
re: #144 Nevergiveup
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
[Link: www.google.com...]
And western civilization reaches a new height? Not that there is anything wrong with it?
This reminded me:
The musical stylings of Barney Frank
(Rush listeners: you know the song.)
| 173 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:28:15pm |
re: #167 Mirage
Gives the term "Homecoming Queen" another definition, doesn't it? :)
That's not even good trash drag. What was he thinking? He needs a costume and makeup advisor.
| 174 |
Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:28:49pm |
re: #169 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I'd like to continue this, but I don't have time to Dali.
Does that mean you have to VanGogh?
| 175 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:29:20pm |
re: #168 unclassifiable
I suppose now I am going to be sued for besmirching your unprofessional reputation.
You do know that George Armstrong Custer got Souxied ?
/S
| 176 |
n in wi Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:29:50pm |
re: #150 Dustyvet
Add;
Put your seatbelt on,I wanna try something.
| 177 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:29:55pm |
re: #171 ilzito guacamolito
Que Seurat, Seurat.
LOL!
I think I'm out of my depth. I'll just Gogh away.
| 178 |
jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:29:57pm |
re: #170 Killian Bundy
/your tax dollars at work, $4 billion more in th pipeline
Stealing money for property via the Federal Government isn't fast enough. Their cutting out the middle man and going straight to stealing the property.
| 179 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:30:06pm |
re: #174 Gus 802
Yes. My Caravaggio is in the shop and it closes at 8.
| 180 |
eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:30:21pm |
re: #140 jcm
The legend of Atlantis likely originate when Santorini erupted and a tsunami struck the North Coast of Cyprus and devastated the Minoan civilization.
Agreed. The problem seems to have been with ancient scholars getting the dates crossed up, due to confusing the Egyptian dating system (using lunar months) with the Grecian one (using solar years, as we do). But apparently the Egyptians were at least a century off in their estimates, as well;
The more we learn of the past, the more we realize that thanks to science, we really do know more than our ancestors did. This, at least, is progress.
cheers
eon
| 181 |
jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:30:47pm |
re: #174 Gus 802
Does that mean you have to VanGogh?
When you resort to art puns your sense of humor is Baroque.
| 182 |
Cognito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:30:59pm |
re: #169 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I'd like to continue this, but I don't have time to Dali.
Thou art always in such Rush.
Wyeth?
| 183 |
callahan23 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:31:01pm |
re: #151 reine.de.tout
The others are OK. If the back cover is not correct - please go to lulu.com and tell them the product is defective!
Will do.
| 184 |
calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:31:04pm |
re: #150 Dustyvet
Additions:
I'm sure it's not loaded.
Hey, is dynamite supposed to be wet like this?
Man-eating sharks are bigger.
Oh, this ladder is safe--it's made of oak.
The water doesn't look that deep--Sure we can drive through it.
Oh, lions are just big kitty-kats.
What was that whole color scheme for poisonous snakes?
Yes, it does make you look fat.
| 185 |
Randall Gross Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:31:48pm |
re: #178 jcm
Stealing money for property via the Federal Government isn't fast enough. Their cutting out the middle man and going straight to stealing the property.
This stuff's going to get much worse the next couple months, it's time for the annual communist Rites of Spring now through May.
| 186 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:31:51pm |
re: #174 Gus 802
Does that mean you have to VanGogh?
If you put that in the Van, it doesn't Gogh so well.
/why am I still here ... gotta be Rodin outta town!
| 187 |
goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:32:05pm |
re: #177 pre-Boomer Marine brat
LOL!
I think I'm out of my depth. I'll just Gogh away.
These puns are making me a little queasy. Any more will just Turner...
| 188 |
Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:32:11pm |
re: #181 jcm
When you resort to art puns your sense of humor is Baroque.
And here I thought it was Pointillist.
| 189 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:32:16pm |
re: #175 Dustyvet
You do know that George Armstrong Custer got Souxied ?
/S
He also liked arrow shirts...
| 190 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:32:20pm |
re: #181 jcm
No, Baroque is what you will be after porkulus.
| 191 |
Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:32:31pm |
re: #173 Walter L. Newton
That's not even good trash drag. What was he thinking? He needs a costume and makeup advisor.
And bigger tits. :)
| 192 |
Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:32:43pm |
Clinton: Nobody Knows Whether North Korea Had Uranium Program
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells FOX News it's unclear whether North Korea ever had a highly enriched uranium program, despite more confident statements from intelligence officials.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Oh yeah, this is gonna work out swell?
| 193 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:33:03pm |
re: #183 callahan23
You can go to your account - probably at the bottom left of the screen look for "report a problem with your order" - click it and you will get your order history and contact them.
| 194 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:33:33pm |
re: #170 Killian Bundy
/your tax dollars at work, $4 billion more in th pipeline
How the connected get their homes: Now being exported from Chicago to your hometown, courtesy of Barack Obama and ACORN.
| 195 |
calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:33:34pm |
re: #169 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I'd like to continue this, but I don't have time to Dali.
You lose a turn with that pun. Now you have to Gauguin.
| 196 |
Lee Coller Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:33:53pm |
re: #192 Nevergiveup
Clinton: Nobody Knows Whether North Korea Had Uranium Program
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells FOX News it's unclear whether North Korea ever had a highly enriched uranium program, despite more confident statements from intelligence officials.[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Oh yeah, this is gonna work out swell?
It's the Sgt. Schultz defense "I see nothing!"
| 197 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:34:18pm |
re: #194 Dark_Falcon
How the connected get their homes: Now being exported from Chicago to your hometown, courtesy of Barack Obama and ACORN.
Does that cover apartments as well...:)
| 199 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:34:59pm |
Hey Hoops, did you see this feel good story about a high school basketball game? Sportsmanship ain't dead yet!
| 200 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:35:09pm |
re: #150 Dustyvet
Hey, watch this....
Madam, not even G-d could come down here and sink this ship.....
Instructions? I don't need no stinking instructions.
| 201 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:35:47pm |
re: #182 Cognito
Thou art always in such Rush.
Wyeth?
IEgads! I'm about to run out of material here.
/not accustomed to Pollock jokes
| 202 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:36:24pm |
re: #201 pre-Boomer Marine brat
IEgads! I'm about to run out of material here.
/not accustomed to Pollock jokes
DAMN, that first "I" was supposed to have been deleted!
| 203 |
Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:36:28pm |
re: #198 jcm
Could be, but I'm sure it's surreal.
Sometimes you have to Goya with what's the closest.
| 204 |
UberInfidel67 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:36:35pm |
re: #151 reine.de.tout Reine...if one reads the Lulu site completely, they will read that each book is put together on an as ordered basis. And since it is the wire binding, a mistake like an upside down page can happen. Mine turned out fine. Just a minor fluke I guess.
| 205 |
callahan23 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:36:44pm |
re: #166 HoosierHoops
Thanks for reminding me..I forgot to down ding that ass..I had to go back to do I deed I rarely do...
/Ya ready for the lounge yet spacejesus?
//Gosh I remember getting trash talk so bad in a game in High School that when I got home I cried..
I was always on the receiving end of the schoolyard bullies (punching ball - mind you). Up until the fifth grade.
I do relate with your rant.
| 206 |
jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:36:49pm |
re: #192 Nevergiveup
Clinton: Nobody Knows Whether North Korea Had Uranium Program
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells FOX News it's unclear whether North Korea ever had a highly enriched uranium program, despite more confident statements from intelligence officials.[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Oh yeah, this is gonna work out swell?
I see, we are dealing with an insane regime. Therefore the course of action is to assume the best case scenario, that they never have been working on a bomb.
F'n Brilliant.
| 207 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:36:55pm |
re: #191 Soona'
And bigger tits. :)
Costume designer can build them. Really, now a days, a lot of drag queens do not take the time to properly build the character. It sort of the same thing as creating a movie "horror" character versus dressing up for Halloween.
We have some world class drags queens in Denver (and trash drags) and they spend a good time on character, costume, looks and reputation.
Take it or leave it, it is a art form, a theatrical style, and when done right, there is nothing strange about it.
| 208 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:37:28pm |
re: #195 calcajun
You lose a turn with that pun. Now you have to Gauguin.
YOU lose a turn ... *grin* ... I already used Gauguin.
| 209 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:37:31pm |
re: #184 calcajun
You know? Those extra pounds do look good on you....
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hazzyday Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:37:51pm |
evolution not Revolution! as one of my teachers used to say.
| 211 |
Cognito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:38:07pm |
re: #201 pre-Boomer Marine brat
IEgads! I'm about to run out of material here.
/not accustomed to Pollock jokes
Please. Have some respect for the Krafft.
| 212 |
debutaunt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:38:33pm |
re: #204 UberInfidel67
Reine...if one reads the Lulu site completely, they will read that each book is put together on an as ordered basis. And since it is the wire binding, a mistake like an upside down page can happen. Mine turned out fine. Just a minor fluke I guess.
The defect will make the book worth a fortune!
| 213 |
Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:38:46pm |
DALLAS (AP) - A month after leaving the White House, former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, moved into their new Dallas home Friday.
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
Best wishes to MY President!
| 214 |
hazzyday Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:38:48pm |
re: #206 jcm
I see, we are dealing with an insane regime. Therefore the course of action is to assume the best case scenario, that they never have been working on a bomb.
F'n Brilliant.
They need John Bolton badly.
| 215 |
nyc redneck Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:38:52pm |
re: #170 Killian Bundy
/your tax dollars at work, $4 billion more in th pipeline
they're domestic terrorists.
| 217 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:39:19pm |
re: #204 UberInfidel67
Reine...if one reads the Lulu site completely, they will read that each book is put together on an as ordered basis. And since it is the wire binding, a mistake like an upside down page can happen. Mine turned out fine. Just a minor fluke I guess.
Good!
thanks.
| 218 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:39:24pm |
re: #197 Dustyvet
Does that cover apartments as well...:)
It covers anywhere ACORN wants it to. Although, if I were the man who bought the house, I'd get myself a shotgun and then wait for Acorn to try that again. When they did I'd greet them with my weapon, and then march them out onto the lawn to wait for the police. Let the neighbors see that I'm not to be messed with, but do so without hurting the loons. Cowards that they are, they'd give up as soon as they saw the 12-gauge. A good show of force is needed in a case like this, and it's entirely possible to have such a show without violence.
| 219 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:39:44pm |
| 220 |
Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:39:54pm |
Hey, I don't think you can use an attorney's name for personal use and to make an attempt at intimidation. He would have to actually be under contract by said person, otherwise it would be considered fraud.
| 221 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:40:00pm |
. Two vultures boarded a plane, each carrying two dead raccoons.
Thestewardess stops them and says "sorry sir, only onecarrion per passenger."
| 222 |
sprucepinehollow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:40:09pm |
OK, so natural selection got us to where we are today... Lots of kind and good people living under the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological annihilation. Evil so potent that a tiny amount of it can erase centuries of good.
Change we can believe in? Maybe we can believe slow change is what is driving the evolution of the human species, but it doesn't look too hopeful right now, especially if past performance is any indication of future performance. Maybe we will evolve radiation/Nerve Gas/Ebola proof genes.
| 223 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:40:11pm |
re: #212 debutaunt
The defect will make the book worth a fortune!
This is true!
limited run - just 66 ordered thus far -
HEY CALLAHAN - might want to rethink that!
| 224 |
eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:40:47pm |
re: #184 calcajun
And of course;
Of course it's safe.
That only happens in movies.
I know what I'm doing.
This water tastes funny, but it's OK.
It can't be nitroglycerin, it says "NG" on it , not "Nitro".
cheers
eon
| 225 |
calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:40:53pm |
re: #201 pre-Boomer Marine brat
It's because you have a Hockney'ed view of things.
| 226 |
Nevergiveup Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:41:07pm |
re: #222 sprucepinehollow
OK, so natural selection got us to where we are today... Lots of kind and good people living under the threat of nuclear, chemical or biological annihilation. Evil so potent that a tiny amount of it can erase centuries of good.
Change we can believe in? Maybe we can believe slow change is what is driving the evolution of the human species, but it doesn't look too hopeful right now, especially if past performance is any indication of future performance. Maybe we will evolve radiation/Nerve Gas/Ebola proof genes.
That didn't seem to work out to well for them mutants in "Beneath the Planet Of the Apes"?
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:41:14pm |
re: #207 Walter L. Newton
Costume designer can build them. Really, now a days, a lot of drag queens do not take the time to properly build the character. It sort of the same thing as creating a movie "horror" character versus dressing up for Halloween.
We have some world class drags queens in Denver (and trash drags) and they spend a good time on character, costume, looks and reputation.
Take it or leave it, it is a art form, a theatrical style, and when done right, there is nothing strange about it.
Europe. Go to Europe if you appreciate the art of queenyness. They've taken it beyond anything I've seen here in the US.
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Randall Gross Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:41:28pm |
Moyers is a twerp, here he indicates that Afghanistan is now Obama's quaqmire without using the "Q" word. He makes a lame comparison between the Charge of the Light brigade, not realizing that it's the Taliban who charge into the jaws of certain death whenever they mass in numbers larger than ten. Wot .... an ... id ee ot.
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:41:52pm |
Science comes to a stunning conclusion.
Men see bikini-clad women as objects, psychologists sayIt may seem obvious that men perceive women in sexy bathing suits as objects, but now there's science to back it up.New research shows that, in men, the brain areas associated with handling tools and the intention to perform actions light up when viewing images of women in bikinis.
The research was presented this week by Susan Fiske, professor of psychology at Princeton University, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:42:03pm |
re: #225 calcajun
It's because you have a Hockney'ed view of things.
Sort of the way Colonel Klimt looked at things.
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godfrey Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:42:09pm |
The Darwin poster sounds just like Edmund Burke.
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Cognito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:42:20pm |
I just had dinner, and can't find a mirror. Is there anything stuck in Matisse?
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:42:53pm |
re: #231 Gus 802
Sort of the way Colonel Klimt looked at things.
You're scrapping the bottom of the Hopper now.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:42:58pm |
re: #233 Cognito
I just had dinner, and can't find a mirror. Is there anything stuck in Matisse?
Not sure, what did you Munch on?
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:42:59pm |
I gotta go. The kids just spilled some solvent on the table and it is ruining the Vermeer.
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:43:25pm |
re: #205 callahan23
I was always on the receiving end of the schoolyard bullies (punching ball - mind you). Up until the fifth grade.
I do relate with your rant.
I was doing a rant wasn't I? I never do that...You can insult me..Don't insult my friends..Then playschool is over..
/Thanks for not deleted me Charles..
//Hope I didn't gve Charles any ideas.. :)
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Thor Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:43:28pm |
Evolution is a theory and based on evolving science. It is far from conclusive. Belief in evolution is simply that -- belief. Evolution is simply another religion -- not that there is anything wrong with that. This is America and people are entitled to believe what they wish, however to impose your belief system on others is cultural elitism and un-American.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:43:36pm |
I surrender -- seriously.
*grin*
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Cognito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:43:40pm |
re: #221 Dustyvet
. Two vultures boarded a plane, each carrying two dead raccoons.
Thestewardess stops them and says "sorry sir, only onecarrion per passenger."
I was afraid someone would mention Koons.
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:43:44pm |
I ordered my cookbook at Lulu on the 14th; they say it's shipped, but when I go to check it for tracking, the tracking number doesn't exist, according to the shipper!
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UberInfidel67 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:43:52pm |
re: #212 debutaunt
When it becomes a classic! Yeah, keep the messed up page! lol
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:44:01pm |
re: #235 Gus 802
Not sure, what did you Munch on?
Keep it up and I'll have no choice but to call for the Constable.
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callahan23 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:44:05pm |
re: #223 reine.de.tout
This is true!
limited run - just 66 ordered thus far -HEY CALLAHAN - might want to rethink that!
Yeah right, now I'm even more proud of my book. It's unique. And it's mine.
My precioussss.
/Gghhollum
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:44:18pm |
re: #236 ilzito guacamolito
I gotta go. The kids just spilled some solvent on the table and it is ruining the Vermeer.
That's not going to be good for the patina.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:45:57pm |
Can I haz snowman?
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Randall Gross Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:45:59pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:46:39pm |
re: #217 reine.de.tout
Ok, I ordered it.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:46:43pm |
re: #248 Thanos
If it was a balloon then Abert could Biers tadt.
There he Goes again--being a real Dyck.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:47:50pm |
Talking of Change, did anyone catch Glenn Beck's show on the end of the world today?
I only got a part of it, and while I don't disagree with playing "war games" of different scenarios, he manages to convey, along with liberal interspersion of religion, that he DOES believe one of these worst case scenarios is going to happen.
Given what I believe to imagine is the state of mind of many of his fans, I think that kind of program format is irresponsible in this climate of uncertainty.
Anyone thinking I'm now in favor of censorship?
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:48:17pm |
re: #230 jcm
Science comes to a stunning conclusion.
So, does the "tool-using response" explain the preponderance of bikini-clad women on complimentary calendars from tool companies, as seen in garages across America?
/Yes, I already know the answer, the question is purely rhetorical.
cheers
eon
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:48:30pm |
FREINEre: #252 Walter L. Newton
You will enjoy it.
Promise.
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:48:32pm |
No mas! I am going to the Rivera to catch some Haring for dinner. Later!
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:48:33pm |
re: #242 vxbush
I ordered my cookbook at Lulu on the 14th; they say it's shipped, but when I go to check it for tracking, the tracking number doesn't exist, according to the shipper!
I got mine FED-EX the next day or so..Sorry..It's really because you are a high tech Lady..They are messing with you..
*wink*
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:48:47pm |
re: #227 Soona'
Europe. Go to Europe if you appreciate the art of queenyness. They've taken it beyond anything I've seen here in the US.
Been there, seen it. You're correct. Our Denver entertainers are better than a lot of the trash I've seen. Not to many places to catch a show consistently, but at least when there is one, it's good.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:49:33pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:50:47pm |
re: #257 reine.de.tout
FREINE
You will enjoy it.
Promise.
See, I'm already getting a boatload of email from LuLu in my in box... shit.
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Cognito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:50:48pm |
re: #261 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Are we getting into de Kooning now?
Is that really you, Boomo? Or just an impasto?
(sorry.)
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Bobblehead Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:50:49pm |
re: #247 Killgore Trout
Kitties are kitties no matter the size.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:50:49pm |
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:51:10pm |
re: #255 Naso Tang
Talking of Change, did anyone catch Glenn Beck's show on the end of the world today?
I only got a part of it, and while I don't disagree with playing "war games" of different scenarios, he manages to convey, along with liberal interspersion of religion, that he DOES believe one of these worst case scenarios is going to happen.
Given what I believe to imagine is the state of mind of many of his fans, I think that kind of program format is irresponsible in this climate of uncertainty.
Anyone thinking I'm now in favor of censorship?
Yes.
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:51:13pm |
re: #259 HoosierHoops
I got mine FED-EX the next day or so..Sorry..It's really because you are a high tech Lady..They are messing with you..
*wink*
Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
Horror story of the day:
I had to move a computer today and start cleaning it off and preparing it for another worker. I took one look at the keyboard and decided that I just spend the day cleaning it off. It was absolutely disgusting, caked on with dirt, crumbs all in the board, etc. If it had been a stock keyboard, I would have thrown it away, but it's got some custom stuff on it that's useful.
Gah. I had to pop each and every key off and clean each key *and* underneath *and* blow it out with compressed air constantly.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:51:42pm |
re: #255 Naso Tang
What's "liberal interspersion of religion" according to Dr. Beck?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:51:42pm |
Now I'm REALLY out of material for art puns.
Took me 5 minutes to find out how to spell Wilhelm de Kooning's name.
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:51:49pm |
re: #263 Walter L. Newton
See, I'm already getting a boatload of email from LuLu in my in box... shit.
I got zip...must be the spam filter
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:51:58pm |
re: #233 Cognito
I just had dinner, and can't find a mirror. Is there anything stuck in Matisse?
The USS Enterprise.
Go ahead, spit. ;)
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hazzyday Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:52:31pm |
re: #87 Killgore Trout
Wow. Do you think it's real?
Spencer is really going to attempt to use the courts to prosecute people for stating facts and opinions on the internet and making a personal decision to remove him from the blogroll on their own blog?
Didn't he nominate you for a pro-censorship award this year?
Amazing.
I think it's a mistake for Spencer to pursue legal remedies in any of this. If he were to sue blogs for gray content, that effort would outshine his Jihad effort. THE guy that sues other bloggers. I wouldn't blogroll him them at all.
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:52:50pm |
re: #132 reine.de.tout
LOL!
I grew up with 3 younger brothers.
Boys seem to be wired to find out what happens if . . .
Just because something horrible happened the first thousand times someone tried this doesn't mean something horrible will happen this time.
Watch this....
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:53:05pm |
re: #268 vxbush
Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
Horror story of the day:
I had to move a computer today and start cleaning it off and preparing it for another worker. I took one look at the keyboard and decided that I just spend the day cleaning it off. It was absolutely disgusting, caked on with dirt, crumbs all in the board, etc. If it had been a stock keyboard, I would have thrown it away, but it's got some custom stuff on it that's useful.
Gah. I had to pop each and every key off and clean each key *and* underneath *and* blow it out with compressed air constantly.
yech!
when I retired, I made sure to clean my computer, my office and my desk drawers really good before I left.
There's nothing worse than cleaning up somebody else's yuckiness.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:53:12pm |
re: #264 Cognito
Is that really you, Boomo? Or just an impasto?
(sorry.)
LOL!
I never was into art much.
I guess I'm an "impasto".
/*grin* ... dead in the water
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:53:12pm |
re: #238 Thor
Evolution is a theory and based on
evolvingscience. It isfar fromas conclusive as the theory of electromagnetism. Belief in evolution is simplythat--beliefbelief in knowledge. Evolution issimplynot another religion -- not that there is anything wrong with religion. This is America and people are entitled to believe what they wish, however to imposeyourone's belief system on others is cultural elitism and un-American.
Here we go again.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:53:35pm |
re: #267 Soona'
Yes.
Beck has gone "all armageddon all the time" on us, and I wish he would get off of the weepy "g-d" talk.
No more than mixing my science with religion, I don't like to mix my politics with religion.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:53:35pm |
re: #275 razorbacker
Just because something horrible happened the first thousand times someone tried this doesn't mean something horrible will happen this time.
Watch this....
YES!
That is exactly the mind-set!
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:54:26pm |
re: #255 Naso Tang
Talking of Change, did anyone catch Glenn Beck's show on the end of the world today?
I only got a part of it, and while I don't disagree with playing "war games" of different scenarios, he manages to convey, along with liberal interspersion of religion, that he DOES believe one of these worst case scenarios is going to happen.
Given what I believe to imagine is the state of mind of many of his fans, I think that kind of program format is irresponsible in this climate of uncertainty.
Anyone thinking I'm now in favor of censorship?
I came of age in the height of the Cold War. I was born weeks after the Cuban Missile Crisis. I grew up in an area we knew was a Class A target for the USSR--the port of New Orleans and the heavy industry up and down the river. There was no way to escape the city--look at Katrina.
We knew at an early age that if something bad happened, we were pretty much dead in NOLA. If not the initial blasts, then the fallout or lack of food or fresh water. My friends in the neighborhood resolved that if we ever heard the EBS come on followed by the sirens, we'd get up on the roof with a bottle of whatever, our smokes and some lawn chairs and wait for the fireworks show to start.
I do not fear the end of civilization. It's gonna happen. I don't want to see it happen--I want my kids to have a shot at life. But, if it happens--c'est la vie. There is no sense in hushing up people who have an apocalyptic mindset.
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:54:36pm |
re: #268 vxbush
Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
Horror story of the day:
I had to move a computer today and start cleaning it off and preparing it for another worker. I took one look at the keyboard and decided that I just spend the day cleaning it off. It was absolutely disgusting, caked on with dirt, crumbs all in the board, etc. If it had been a stock keyboard, I would have thrown it away, but it's got some custom stuff on it that's useful.
Gah. I had to pop each and every key off and clean each key *and* underneath *and* blow it out with compressed air constantly.
I've got a really nasty keyboard too. Do you think you could........
/maybe
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hazzyday Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:54:43pm |
re: #238 Thor
Evolution is a theory and based on evolving science. It is far from conclusive. Belief in evolution is simply that -- belief. Evolution is simply another religion -- not that there is anything wrong with that. This is America and people are entitled to believe what they wish, however to impose your belief system on others is cultural elitism and un-American.
What should a science class TOC in high school look like?
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:54:57pm |
re: #275 razorbacker
Just because something horrible happened the first thousand times someone tried this doesn't mean something horrible will happen this time.
Watch this....
I've figured it out this time..........
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:55:07pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:55:45pm |
OMG ... here we go again.
/lock and load
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:55:54pm |
re: #18 Soona'
The first thing I thought when the picture came up was; Trotski? (and I don't even remember what Trotski really looked like)
Kinda like Radar Oreilly, with a mephistopheles beard, and considerably aged. Oh, and he had a pick in his head last time anyone saw him.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:56:15pm |
re: #255 Naso Tang
Glenn Beck really needs to take up drinking again.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:56:33pm |
re: #281 calcajun
Plus, you could protect yourself from any apocalyptic event by ducking and covering under a desk.
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:56:55pm |
re: #276 reine.de.tout
yech!
when I retired, I made sure to clean my computer, my office and my desk drawers really good before I left.
There's nothing worse than cleaning up somebody else's yuckiness.
And I often end up being the person to clean up the office before someone comes in. We don't have someone who does it, and often the previous person doesn't take any interest in cleaning it out. That bothers me, so I often do something myself to make it better.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:57:13pm |
re: #279 Walter L. Newton
Beck has gone "all armageddon all the time" on us, and I wish he would get off of the weepy "g-d" talk.
No more than mixing my science with religion, I don't like to mix my politics with religion.
Mixing science and religion is almost as bad as mixing beer and wine. And I don't mix my Scotch with anything.
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code red 21 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:57:30pm |
re: #170 Killian Bundy
/your tax dollars at work, $4 billion more in th pipeline
When is this shit gonna stop?
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:57:40pm |
re: #279 Walter L. Newton
Beck has gone "all armageddon all the time" on us, and I wish he would get off of the weepy "g-d" talk.
No more than mixing my science with religion, I don't like to mix my politics with religion.
I agree to an extent, but I don't think he should be censored.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:58:01pm |
re: #290 Gus 802
What a sick, sadistic joke that was. Might as well have told them to put a bag over their heads.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:58:06pm |
re: #277 pre-Boomer Marine brat
LOL!
I never was into art much.
I guess I'm an "impasto".
/*grin* ... dead in the water
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:58:21pm |
re: #282 Soona'
I've got a really nasty keyboard too. Do you think you could........
/maybe
It would cost you a 5 pound bar of chocolate.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:58:28pm |
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wiffersnapper Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:59:01pm |
To be honest, when I first saw it (didn't read the text, just the pic) I thought it was Theodore Herzl (the father of zionism). Then I realized I was at LGF ;)
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:59:23pm |
re: #297 calcajun
What a sick, sadistic joke that was. Might as well have told them to put a bag over their heads.
Right. But as kids we were clueless. As most adults are/were. It would provide minimal protection at best. Then depending on your target location. Anything near a military base would/could have been leveled.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:59:27pm |
re: #293 calcajun
Mixing science and religion is almost as bad as mixing beer and wine. And I don't mix my Scotch with anything.
Honestly. Obama is not kicking up a prayer before he makes a decision and neither are most other politicians and world leaders. If someone is going to push this button or that button, they are not leafing through Revelations to find out if they fit into some larger myth.
Stuff it Beck.
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 4:59:55pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
apparently, your dumb ass cared enough to reply
Oh - you meant "your dumb ass" as a negative version of "you."
I thought you were talking about someone's ex.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:00:15pm |
re: #301 ploome hineni
Picasso with extra cheeze
Ah, I've been having a hankering for some Diebenkorn.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:00:33pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:00:38pm |
re: #238 Thor
to impose your belief system on others is cultural elitism and un-American.
I believe that electrons flow from the negative terminal of a battery to the positive terminal. Am I un-American because I believe something which is taught in every science class on the face of the planet?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:01:02pm |
re: #295 Soona'
I agree to an extent, but I don't think he should be censored.
Never said he should. I can censor him myself by not listening to him, which I have stopped doing.
Just the way if some of the assholes who post shit on Charles' evolution threads, they need to just go on to some other subject.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:01:14pm |
re: #301 ploome hineni
Picasso with extra cheeze
Not that one--all the cheese in on one side of the sandwich.
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:01:28pm |
re: #268 vxbush
Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
Horror story of the day:
I had to move a computer today and start cleaning it off and preparing it for another worker. I took one look at the keyboard and decided that I just spend the day cleaning it off. It was absolutely disgusting, caked on with dirt, crumbs all in the board, etc. If it had been a stock keyboard, I would have thrown it away, but it's got some custom stuff on it that's useful.
Gah. I had to pop each and every key off and clean each key *and* underneath *and* blow it out with compressed air constantly.
Horror story time..
We had some traveling Salesman drop into our office in Indy a few years ago..He was passing through and his laptop needed repair..So it was an emergency for him..The closest IT guy is in Chicago..He walks in the office..Now mind you..I'm a system Admin..All I care about is Cisco Switches, Routers and Various Firewalls infrastructure..
He opens his laptop and it is full of Cat hair and just totally disgusting..
His cat liked to sleep on it at night..It was warm..
I laughed out loud...Guess what I told him?
/Never clean keyboards..throw them away
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:01:33pm |
re: #296 taxfreekiller
You will not get your country back from the commie Democrat thugs until the msm is down and out on their commie ass's. The commie Democrats do not have the real ability to subvert our constitution without the enabling of the no good f'n commie msm.
I agree. The MFMSM and our public education system are at the forefront of this attempted fascist takeover.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:01:53pm |
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Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:02:04pm |
re: #268 vxbush
Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
Horror story of the day:
I had to move a computer today and start cleaning it off and preparing it for another worker. I took one look at the keyboard and decided that I just spend the day cleaning it off. It was absolutely disgusting, caked on with dirt, crumbs all in the board, etc. If it had been a stock keyboard, I would have thrown it away, but it's got some custom stuff on it that's useful.
Gah. I had to pop each and every key off and clean each key *and* underneath *and* blow it out with compressed air constantly.
Keyboards and mice are dirtier than are toilet bowls.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:02:16pm |
re: #274 hazzyday
I think it's a mistake for Spencer to pursue legal remedies in any of this. If he were to sue blogs for gray content, that effort would outshine his Jihad effort. THE guy that sues other bloggers. I wouldn't blogroll him them at all.
It's a very serious mistake for him to make on so many different levels. He's touting himself as a free speech advocate. He's on the board of something called "The International Free Press Society" along with Diana West who's another Vlaams Belang supporter. One of their main causes these days is Geert who is advocating outlawing the Quran and Islam. He nominated Charles for a censorship award and now Spencer is trying to legally silence and intimidate bloggers for posting facts and opinions on the internet? The irony is just too much to handle.
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:03:03pm |
re: #310 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I believe that electrons flow from the negative terminal of a battery to the positive terminal. Am I un-American because I believe something which is taught in every science class on the face of the planet?
I need a favor.... hold these wires while I crank this handle on this box.......
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:03:13pm |
re: #170 Killian Bundy
/your tax dollars at work, $4 billion more in th pipeline
Isn't that kind of how Zimbabawe's death spiral began?
With those without property turning those with property out of said property.
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:03:16pm |
re: #315 HoosierHoops
Horror story time..
We had some traveling Salesman drop into our office in Indy a few years ago..He was passing through and his laptop needed repair..So it was an emergency for him..The closest IT guy is in Chicago..He walks in the office..Now mind you..I'm a system Admin..All I care about is Cisco Switches, Routers and Various Firewalls infrastructure..
He opens his laptop and it is full of Cat hair and just totally disgusting..
His cat liked to sleep on it at night..It was warm..
I laughed out loud...Guess what I told him?
/Never clean keyboards..throw them away
Yeah, that's a problem I have with my cats. I blow the thing out frequently. But this keyboard was a custom job, and I just couldn't waste the money.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:04:09pm |
re: #321 jcm
I need a favor.... hold these wires while I crank this handle on this box.......
/hmmm ... he's UP to somethin' ... I just KNOW he is!
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:04:17pm |
re: #318 Perplexed
I can still eat off of mine, 'cause there is much food on it.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:04:21pm |
re: #320 ploome hineni
I giotto go, if you talka to me likadat
Have another Cyup of what you were drinking and you can en-Durer anything.
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:04:41pm |
re: #271 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Good one, though!
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:04:54pm |
re: #299 vxbush
It would cost you a 5 pound bar of chocolate.
Don't worry. All the chocolate you want is right there in the keyboard.
:p
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:05:10pm |
re: #319 Killgore Trout
... and now Spencer is trying to legally silence and intimidate bloggers for posting facts and opinions on the internet? The irony is just too much to handle.
Killgore, we have not seen ONE IOTA of any legal action by Spencer. Come on, you got the ball but you're running in the opposite direction with it.
I have as much problem with the direction Spencer has taken as the next person, but really, so far I don't see anything happening to Charles, Java Zen or who ever.
Why are you coming up with all this hyperbole?
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:05:43pm |
re: #295 Soona'
I agree to an extent, but I don't think he should be censored.
Do you always take things so literally. How about if I told the TV "shut the F* up jackass!" ?
Would that be censorship?
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:05:57pm |
re: #324 pre-Boomer Marine brat
/hmmm ... he's UP to somethin' ... I just KNOW he is!
Here, taste this.
Is that the right anti-toxin?
Com'on. What's the worst that could happen to us at a Raider game.
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:06:11pm |
re: #328 Soona'
Don't worry. All the chocolate you want is right there in the keyboard.
:p
Blech. Pass, bigtime. Perhaps you should buy a ten gallon bottle of bleach instead. And pour it over the keyboard when it isn't connected. Then throw it again and buy a new one.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:06:19pm |
Cleaning a keyboard for food is like grabbing snacks from a beard.
Or cleaning the fold in a double record album (LP) for ______________ .
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:06:28pm |
re: #319 Killgore Trout
Addendum....
Spencer has always been touchy when it comes to criticism. He used to show up here and yell at me. He made a classless appearance over at Hot Air a few weeks ago when Allah Pundit didn't support Geert to Robert's liking. I think Robert has finally lost his mind and I suspect his lawyers are going to be very busy in the coming months. I hope those they bill him an insane rate.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:07:47pm |
re: #335 ploome hineni
you Seurat persistant
That's too Gros. I'm leaving the office to have some Hooch.
C'yall later.
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:08:10pm |
re: #324 pre-Boomer Marine brat
/hmmm ... he's UP to somethin' ... I just KNOW he is!
Who? Me?
*innocent look*
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:08:22pm |
re: #329 Walter L. Newton
His email to Javazen was a clear attempt at intimidation. I'm not over exaggerating.
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Bobblehead Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:08:46pm |
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:09:13pm |
re: #336 Killgore Trout
Addendum....
Spencer has always been touchy when it comes to criticism. He used to show up here and yell at me. He made a classless appearance over at Hot Air a few weeks ago when Allah Pundit didn't support Geert to Robert's liking. I think Robert has finally lost his mind and I suspect his lawyers are going to be very busy in the coming months. I hope those they bill him an insane rate.
btw your avitar slays me....
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:09:17pm |
re: #336 Killgore Trout
Addendum....
Spencer has always been touchy when it comes to criticism. He used to show up here and yell at me. He made a classless appearance over at Hot Air a few weeks ago when Allah Pundit didn't support Geert to Robert's liking. I think Robert has finally lost his mind and I suspect his lawyers are going to be very busy in the coming months. I hope those they bill him an insane rate.
He's got to you, hasn't he. That one little email, that says NOTHING about anything, and you have built a WHOLE cloth out of a little piece of thread.
You know, we were talking about a similar thing last night, "Foucault's Pendulum." You are weaving a whole tale here like Belbo, out of nothing.
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:09:43pm |
re: #330 Naso Tang
Do you always take things so literally. How about if I told the TV "shut the F* up jackass!" ?
Would that be censorship?
Then I'd say that either you're crazy or desperately need a date. :)
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:09:45pm |
re: #319 Killgore Trout
It's a very serious mistake for him to make on so many different levels. He's touting himself as a free speech advocate. He's on the board of something called "The International Free Press Society" along with Diana West who's another Vlaams Belang supporter. One of their main causes these days is Geert who is advocating outlawing the Quran and Islam. He nominated Charles for a censorship award and now Spencer is trying to legally silence and intimidate bloggers for posting facts and opinions on the internet? The irony is just too much to handle.
Free speech for me and none for theey.
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:10:08pm |
re: #342 Walter L. Newton
He's got to you, hasn't he. That one little email, that says NOTHING about anything, and you have built a WHOLE cloth out of a little piece of thread.
You know, we were talking about a similar thing last night, "Foucault's Pendulum." You are weaving a whole tale here like Belbo, out of nothing.
SHUSH! I'm reading that book now!
/seriously
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:10:21pm |
re: #255 Naso Tang
Talking of Change, did anyone catch Glenn Beck's show on the end of the world today?
I only got a part of it, and while I don't disagree with playing "war games" of different scenarios, he manages to convey, along with liberal interspersion of religion, that he DOES believe one of these worst case scenarios is going to happen.
Given what I believe to imagine is the state of mind of many of his fans, I think that kind of program format is irresponsible in this climate of uncertainty.
Anyone thinking I'm now in favor of censorship?
No opinion on that, but I personally get a bit tired of everyone on both sides becoming entranced by TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) scenarios.
They are mainly used to frighten people into supporting whatever "actions" those predicting them are demanding be Done Right Now To Save The World From (insert name of threat here) For The Sake of The Children (or whatever). One environmentalist, quoted by P. J. O'Rourke in his book All The Trouble In The World, stated that "We (the enviros) have to offer up scary scenarios to get people to pay attention."
I prefer to leave the "scare tactics" to the people whose contact with reality I find questionable. Conservatives and rational moderates should be above this sort of thing.
Also, there re two specific points about this sort of thing which really get my goat;
1. Too often, conservatives who engage in this sort of game-playing get sucked in to buying the "doomsday" scenarios of some of the more bizarre types in the religious arena, and it damages their credibility and, by association, that of other moderates or conservatives. It's very difficult to be taken seriously when you begin to sound like you're quoting the plot outline of a novel by Tim LaHaye.
2. I have no problem with "doomsday scenarios" being "gamed" by the people who should be concerned with such, in or out of government. Economists do it all the time, for example, to predict what might happen if, say, China suddenly decided not to buy U.S. Treasuries, or Japan ceased making loan payments on their borrowing after the bubble collapsed. To say nothing of purely military "wargame" scenarios. But I far prefer that those who do this sort of speculation keep their mouths shut about it. Openly saying that these types of scenarios are the ones being planned for is, to me, a bit too much like flashing your hole card in a game of poker.
I prefer that the people who wish us ill not know exactly what sort of major Charlie Fox we already have plans for. It might encourage them to try to set off one we haven't already worked out a response to.
And unlike some people in Washington these days, I am pretty sure there are people in this world who do not like us, and never will, no matter what we do or do not do, here or abroad. It is our existence they have a problem with. I prefer to make it as difficult as possible for them to be a problem for us, and our allies. Keeping them in the dark as to how we will cope with what is a cheap, easy, and simple way to accomplish this, at least in part.
Or as the old saying goes, "Loose Lips Sink Ships".
cheers
eon
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:10:24pm |
re: #338 jcm
Who? Me?
*innocent look*
*drags wires into laundry room ... ties across dryer's 220 circuit*
Crank away!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:10:30pm |
re: #339 Killgore Trout
His email to Javazen was a clear attempt at intimidation. I'm not over exaggerating.
Whatever, I'm not going to be able to agree with you on this. That's alright, it's just my opinion.
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:10:33pm |
re: #144 Nevergiveup
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
[Link: www.google.com...]
And western civilization reaches a new height? Not that there is anything wrong with it?
The only reply to this development?
Bottoms up.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:11:02pm |
re: #343 Soona'
Then I'd say that either you're crazy or desperately need a date. :)
Just between us, I only thought it. My wife was nearby.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:11:28pm |
re: #346 vxbush
SHUSH! I'm reading that book now!
/seriously
Everyone ends up on a mysterious island that can't be found.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:11:40pm |
re: #342 Walter L. Newton
He makes legal threats all the time but I've never seen him ask people to contact his lawyers before. I think he's starting to escalate.
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:11:51pm |
re: #348 pre-Boomer Marine brat
*drags wires into laundry room ... ties across dryer's 220 circuit*
Crank away!
WHOA! SMOKIN' HERE DUDE!
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Ojoe Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:12:20pm |
Time for a Towercan "fix".
Back Later
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:13:05pm |
re: #358 Killgore Trout
He makes legal threats all the time but I've never seen him ask people to contact his lawyers before. I think he's starting to escalate.
Why would someone contact *his* attorney? Doesn't it go the other way?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:13:28pm |
re: #358 Killgore Trout
He makes legal threats all the time but I've never seen him ask people to contact his lawyers before. I think he's starting to escalate.
Well, if you are right, then maybe we all have something to look forward to. I know, let's play a game. Who will he try to sue? Charles, some of the other blog owners, you, me for publishing his retort to my question, come on, this could be fun. Let's play Perry Mason.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:13:31pm |
re: #341 albusteve
Thanks, I stole it from the internet.
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Racer X Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:13:33pm |
re: #357 Walter L. Newton
Everyone ends up on a mysterious island that can't be found.
With a big white bouncing balloon chasing you around.
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monkeytime Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:13:44pm |
re: #358 Killgore Trout
He makes legal threats all the time but I've never seen him ask people to contact his lawyers before. I think he's starting to escalate.
Who would be stupid enough to go out of their way to contact someone else's lawyer over something like this? It seems like a very pretentious response.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:13:49pm |
re: #342 Walter L. Newton
He's got to you, hasn't he. That one little email, that says NOTHING about anything, and you have built a WHOLE cloth out of a little piece of thread.
You know, we were talking about a similar thing last night, "Foucault's Pendulum." You are weaving a whole tale here like Belbo, out of nothing.
True story - I met Umberto Eco in Beantown. Interesting fellow - he was arguing semiotics and the artifact with my professor. Over lunch, he told me two things I hadn't asked about:
1) He won't discuss Foucault's Pendulum, ever;
2) My professor was the inspiration for Giorgi in The Name of the Rose.
(And he loves Orangina and cranberry juice).
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:14:24pm |
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Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:14:30pm |
re: #359 jcm
I saw a person plug a 110VAC powered PC into a 220 circuit. They didn't even have time to say sh*t before the smoke rolled out.
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Racer X Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:14:52pm |
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:15:00pm |
re: #363 MandyManners
yes, I think so.
It isn't "would you kindly contact my attorney so I can sue you".
It's a deputy bringing you some sort of notice.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:15:13pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:15:42pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:15:50pm |
re: #238 Thor
Evolution is a theory and based on evolving science. It is far from conclusive. Belief in evolution is simply that -- belief. Evolution is simply another religion -- not that there is anything wrong with that. This is America and people are entitled to believe what they wish, however to impose your belief system on others is cultural elitism and un-American.
Every time, like clockwork, the same silly talking points.
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:16:07pm |
Ever notice?
You see the sign on the bench that says 'wet paint'.
You see the paint smeared on the back of the guy's shirt who just stood up.
But you still gotta touch the bench with your finger.
Then you look at the paint-smeared-finger like it's a total surprise.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:16:10pm |
re: #375 ploome hineni
PLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMIE
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:16:18pm |
re: #371 ploome hineni
was Foucault's Pendulum readable?
I couldn't read it
Oh, it was and is, but you need a certain sort of manic intensity, indiscriminate informational appetite, and an excessive education to really get into it. It's a perfect artifact for a deluded academic.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:16:20pm |
re: #373 reine.de.tout
yes, I think so.
It isn't "would you kindly contact my attorney so I can sue you".It's a deputy bringing you some sort of notice.
That's what's making me think he's full of shit.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:16:41pm |
re: #364 Walter L. Newton
I think he's going to start with the little bloggers who are easily intimidated. Medura and Guftafs are likely targets. He's tried to intimidate commenters before like threatening to get Cato thrown off of facebook but that hasn't gone anywhere.
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vxbush Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:16:48pm |
re: #371 ploome hineni
was Foucault's Pendulum readable?
I couldn't read it
I'll tell you after I finish it. I've already generated an opinion of it, but I wish to wait until I'm done before I share it.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:17:09pm |
re: #368 Guanxi88
True story - I met Umberto Eco in Beantown. Interesting fellow - he was arguing semiotics and the artifact with my professor. Over lunch, he told me two things I hadn't asked about:
1) He won't discuss Foucault's Pendulum, ever;
2) My professor was the inspiration for Giorgi in The Name of the Rose.
(And he loves Orangina and cranberry juice).
You professor was Jorge Luis Borges?
Orangina is alright, nothing to write home about.
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erevu Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:17:18pm |
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:17:42pm |
Re Mr. Spencer's odd turning of late - this is my feeling: cherche la femme.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:18:03pm |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:18:12pm |
re: #385 Walter L. Newton
You professor was Jorge Luis Borges?
.
Nope, an Israeli neo-Aristotelian zionist from a very good family. One of Strauss' students, and used to chum around with Allan Bloom.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:18:29pm |
re: #371 ploome hineni
was Foucault's Pendulum readable?
I couldn't read it
According to some, I'm a drunk and I could read it. I just finished it. I enjoyed it. Very funny at times.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:18:49pm |
re: #347 eon
Eon, Do you think that Obama should back off on all this "crisis" talk? I think we should face problems head on, but listening to the the Prez he doesn't leave much room for the hope part of his campaign platform.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:19:29pm |
re: #387 Catttt
Re Mr. Spencer's odd turning of late - this is my feeling: cherche la femme.
Is there a female involved in his life now? Who?
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:19:37pm |
re: #390 Walter L. Newton
According to some, I'm a drunk and I could read it. I just finished it. I enjoyed it. Very funny at times.
It was a hoot; a dark, insane, hoot. It's really good at pulling you in, isn't it?
You go along, as they do, thinking it's just an intellectual lark, until......
Another book that really pulled me in was House of Leaves.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:20:09pm |
re: #383 Killgore Trout
I think he's going to start with the little bloggers who are easily intimidated. Medura and Guftafs are likely targets. He's tried to intimidate commenters before like threatening to get Cato thrown off of facebook but that hasn't gone anywhere.
"Cato the Elder", who is a different person here than 'Cato"
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:20:42pm |
re: #393 Guanxi88
It was a hoot; a dark, insane, hoot. It's really good at pulling you in, isn't it?
You go along, as they do, thinking it's just an intellectual lark, until......
Another book that really pulled me in was House of Leaves.
Ditto "Elementary Particles." That one showed the disgusting, degraded nature of the post-modern Last Man for what it is, and offered an intriguing way forward.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:20:52pm |
re: #367 monkeytime
Who would be stupid enough to go out of their way to contact someone else's lawyer over something like this? It seems like a very pretentious response.
I think part of the problem is that there really aren't any charges he can file against them. He can try libel/slander but I doubt his lawyers would bother filling in court. It would almost certainly get tossed out. He just wants it known that he's thinking about legal action in order to scare off his more timid critics. Even his more bold critics are going to think twice now that Spencer is getting litigious. If somethings not right or worded properly you could wind up in court.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:21:28pm |
re: #270 Gus 802
What's "liberal interspersion of religion" according to Dr. Beck?
Half of the section I saw was a discussion about how people deal with crisis and how important religion was in that regard. I don't dispute that, but there are times when these things sound more like preaching than discussing.
I did not however see the whole show, so I'm prepared to be wrong on the statistics of the balance; but I have seen plenty of his other shows before I became bored with hearing about alcoholism and faith.
As was suggested here, he would be more fun if he started to drink again.
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:21:32pm |
And now, for a little Theatres des Vampires, to confuse the creationist trolls:
Get out your Latin dictionaries.
Tenebra Dentro
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:21:38pm |
re: #370 Perplexed
I saw a person plug a 110VAC powered PC into a 220 circuit. They didn't even have time to say sh*t before the smoke rolled out.
I've smoked a few things. Mostly forgetting to limited the current when testing something or other. Computer chips really do have magic some in them. The smoke comes out, they don't work no more.
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:22:04pm |
re: #392 Walter L. Newton
Is there a female involved in his life now? Who?
I can't say, because it is a hunch on my part.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:22:08pm |
re: #394 reine.de.tout
How many cookbooks have sold so far?
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monkeytime Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:22:29pm |
re: #391 BatGuano
Eon, Do you think that Obama should back off on all this "crisis" talk? I think we should face problems head on, but listening to the the Prez he doesn't leave much room for the hope part of his campaign platform.
Even Bill Clinton told O to shut his pie hole today about all the crisis crap.
Never thought I would be so in agreement with Bill.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:23:11pm |
Egads! First Vince Foster. Now this. Don't believe Hilary's alibi aboutbeing out of the country. It's too damned convenient.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:23:25pm |
re: #393 Guanxi88
It was a hoot; a dark, insane, hoot. It's really good at pulling you in, isn't it? You go along, as they do, thinking it's just an intellectual lark, until... Another book that really pulled me in was House of Leaves.
(SPOILER)
I love Diotallevi going on for about six pages on all the gematria on g-d's name, and then when Belbo reminds him that he can't be Jewish because his mother wasn't, his reply was something like "Well, I haven't figured that out yet." I was reading that in the control booth at the theatre at work and I almost bursted out laughing out loud during the show.
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calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:23:58pm |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:24:14pm |
The thing about the Diabolicals is that their madness is intellectually entertaining. It can be fun to try to hum the tune they're singing, but before you know it, you find yourself in the chorus with them, and you're not quite sure how you got there.
re: #390 Walter L. Newton
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:01pm |
re: #399 jcm
I've smoked a few things. Mostly forgetting to limited the current when testing something or other. Computer chips really do have magic some in them. The smoke comes out, they don't work no more.
Once saw a LowPower Schottky logic chip which had had 110VAC accidentally connected to an input.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:02pm |
re: #402 monkeytime
Saw same, thought same. I agree with Bill Clinton! The world may come to and end now.
/
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:03pm |
re: #401 Killgore Trout
How many cookbooks have sold so far?
As of this moment, 68 cookbooks have sold, and we have collected $340 to be split between LGF tip jar and Soldier's Angels.
The $ from February sales will be posted on the first of April to the paypal account for this project and I will put up a report.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:04pm |
re: #399 jcm
Computer chips really do have magic
somesmoke in them. The smoke comes out, they don't work no more.
Corrected, but mainly answered because that is a golden oldie.
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:07pm |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:34pm |
re: #404 Walter L. Newton
(SPOILER)
I love Diotallevi going on for about six pages on all the gematria on g-d's name, and then when Belbo reminds him that he can't be Jewish because his mother wasn't, his reply was something like "Well, I haven't figured that out yet." I was reading that in the control booth at the theatre at work and I almost bursted out laughing out loud during the show.
He was certainly one of the most interesting characters in the whole novel. Belbo too, whose shadow puppets turned on him; still managed to be heroic, in his way, at the end.
The whole discourse on the childhood trumpet was simply heart-breaking.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:56pm |
re: #410 reine.de.tout
As of this moment, 68 cookbooks have sold, and we have collected $340 to be split between LGF tip jar and Soldier's Angels.
The $ from February sales will be posted on the first of April to the paypal account for this project and I will put up a report.
Do you want any more ads?
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wrenchwench Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:25:58pm |
re: #392 Walter L. Newton
Go to YouTube, put in his name and the name of the one who runs Atlas Shrugs, and watch the one that is 8:59 minutes long. Have a bucket handy.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:26:21pm |
re: #396 Killgore Trout
I think part of the problem is that there really aren't any charges he can file against them. He can try libel/slander but I doubt his lawyers would bother filling in court. It would almost certainly get tossed out. He just wants it known that he's thinking about legal action in order to scare off his more timid critics. Even his more bold critics are going to think twice now that Spencer is getting litigious. If somethings not right or worded properly you could wind up in court.
What a horrible bully. It reminds me of someone who belongs to a certain religion who threatens and bullies people into shutting up. Gee. I wonder what that religion is. Hmmmmm....
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:26:28pm |
re: #391 BatGuano
Eon, Do you think that Obama should back off on all this "crisis" talk? I think we should face problems head on, but listening to the the Prez he doesn't leave much room for the hope part of his campaign platform.
Just my two cents before I go. He should just shut up, go back to Hawaii and stay there for the rest of his term.
Have a good weekend, all.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:27:10pm |
re: #398 Catttt
My Latin dictionary just burst into flames. I'm sitting here beside myself shrugging.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:27:23pm |
re: #415 wrenchwench
Go to YouTube, put in his name and the name of the one who runs Atlas Shrugs, and watch the one that is 8:59 minutes long. Have a bucket handy.
Can you give a preview?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:27:38pm |
re: #406 Guanxi88
The thing about the Diabolicals is that their madness is intellectually entertaining. It can be fun to try to hum the tune they're singing, but before you know it, you find yourself in the chorus with them, and you're not quite sure how you got there.
You know, the internet has become like the Diabolicals (so much like The Plan), in the sense that almost anything you read on the internet has some sort of foundation to another tale that has a foundation to another tale that...
I can prove to you that UFO's are real, well, I can prove it to you in so many layers that you will give up before you will find out the truth.
Sound familiar?
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:27:39pm |
re: #414 Naso Tang
I LOVE YOUR ADS!
Proceed, please.
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:27:45pm |
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:27:48pm |
re: #419 BatGuano
My Latin dictionary just burst into flames. I'm sitting here beside myself shrugging.
Kindle 1?
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:28:38pm |
re: #397 Naso Tang
OK, I see. Religious responses to crisis are observable. I remember right after 9-11 a couple of evangelists I worked around were talking about revelations and holy war at a work lunch. I have to admit I had my own personal irrational response on the drive to work on that day.
I stopped watching TV about 2 years ago. Before that I tried to avoid watching TV. I just found it too hyperactive and unfocused. Shows like NOVA went down the tubes and similar PBS programming turned into "reality" type programming or a game show. Part of the overall dumbing down of America you can say.
Another thing I dislike is the music they dub into TV programming which takes control of the aural experience. Sometimes the bass is too high and it's more of a music video than anything. Shaky cams', still images flashing all over the place, it's almost like watching TV is a self induced seizure.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:28:41pm |
re: #408 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Once saw a LowPower Schottky logic chip which had had 110VAC accidentally connected to an input.
I once saw some furniture attached to a 240 3 phase panel... wait, oh, that was the state pen.
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Achilles Tang Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:28:44pm |
re: #422 reine.de.tout
I LOVE YOUR ADS!
Proceed, please.
Gotta check my spam filter first, and need a new thread. Hang on.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:28:55pm |
re: #410 reine.de.tout
68! That's pretty impressive.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:29:12pm |
re: #421 Walter L. Newton
You know, the internet has become like the Diabolicals (so much like The Plan), in the sense that almost anything you read on the internet has some sort of foundation to another tale that has a foundation to another tale that...
I can prove to you that UFO's are real, well, I can prove it to you in so many layers that you will give up before you will find out the truth.
Sound familiar?
And yet, and here's the brilliance of Eco, thus is the nature of reality as we perceive it. Only layers, layer after layer, after layer.
The world as perceived is like an onion; you can do nothing but peel away layers and cry.
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:29:41pm |
re: #410 reine.de.tout
You aren't going to run out, are you? I'm going to buy one soon.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:29:55pm |
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Soona' Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:30:11pm |
re: #412 albusteve
hunch?...what hunch?
That's not a hunch, that's my dog.
Okay, okay. I'm going now. Really.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:30:28pm |
re: #431 Catttt
You aren't going to run out, are you? I'm going to buy one soon.
The books at lulu.com are printed when ordered. So there will be no running out, ever, as long as the file is there. And it will be there.
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wrenchwench Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:30:54pm |
re: #420 MandyManners
It's just PG and RS talking, and giggling, and--you may need the bucket.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:31:12pm |
re: #417 MandyManners
I think he also has a case of short guy syndrome. I've had to deal with professors and bosses who suffer from it. They can be pretty unbearable in positions of authority.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:31:46pm |
re: #435 wrenchwench
It's just PG and RS talking, and giggling, and--you may need the bucket.
Like this?
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:31:52pm |
re: #436 Killgore Trout
I think he also has a case of short guy syndrome. I've had to deal with professors and bosses who suffer from it. They can be pretty unbearable in positions of authority.
Mussolini Complex
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:31:59pm |
re: #408 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Once saw a LowPower Schottky logic chip which had had 110VAC accidentally connected to an input.
We make a programmer for out chips, I got one from a customer who said it just quit working one day. I opened it up....
You could see a scorched traces from a signal out put pin which burned out a couple layers on the board leading up to a chip with a crater in the middle.
Yep, it quit working all right.. when they put at least 110V on a signal line meant for 5V 500mA max.
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:32:10pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:32:14pm |
re: #430 Guanxi88
And yet, and here's the brilliance of Eco, thus is the nature of reality as we perceive it. Only layers, layer after layer, after layer.
The world as perceived is like an onion; you can do nothing but peel away layers and cry.
I think you know that this conversation about Eco and FP has been knocking around here on LGF for a few weeks because the book was suggested as supplemental reading to this season of ABC's LOST, which has borrowed (intertexually) from FP and a lot of other works.
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:32:44pm |
re: #391 BatGuano
Eon, Do you think that Obama should back off on all this "crisis" talk? I think we should face problems head on, but listening to the the Prez he doesn't leave much room for the hope part of his campaign platform.
I find it interesting that Mr. HopenChange has morphed into Chicken Little within a month of being sworn in. Now, there are several possible reasons why this could be;
1. He didn't understand how serious the problems were before being briefed in (not impossible, considering his Senate voting record- he may simply not have bothered to be on the floor during debates).
2. He is trying to lower expectations from the ionospheric levels he and the MSM claimed he would reach while campaigning. (Or, put simply, he's trying to avoid admitting he was stricken with delusions of grandeur on the campaign trail.)
3. He is taking Rahm Emanuel's advice to "never let a crisis go to waste" as an opportunity to push forward the Democratic Party's (fundamentally socialist) social and economic agenda. (Going back to Bismarck's axiom about how to get, and keep, "emergency" powers.)
My own opinion (FWIW) is that it's a combination of (2) and (3). And that he will most likely next make a big splash about "doing something" about some peripheral issue that is nonetheless near and dear to the hearts of the Party's "core constituencies" on the left (Like Bill Clinton using the Assault Weapon Ban, "10,000 new cops", "midnight basketball". etc., to claim he was "doing something" about drugs, crime, and so on)- and then just wait for things to improve on their own. And then claim credit for same.
Call it "All of the credit, none of the effort". Which, apparently, is what The One has done best throughout his career.
And if it's always worked for him, from his POV, why change now?
cheers
eon
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:33:11pm |
Unlike Charlie Crist, Bobby Jindal knows economics well enough to not take bad money from the Porkulus. Now if he'd only ditch the creationists:
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:33:12pm |
re: #427 Walter L. Newton
I once saw some furniture attached to a 240 3 phase panel... wait, oh, that was the state pen.
Phase it, no matter what the ACLU said, after his records were brought current, he didn't have a leg to stand on.
/I know ... it's reVOLTing
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:33:15pm |
re: #441 Walter L. Newton
I think you know that this conversation about Eco and FP has been knocking around here on LGF for a few weeks because the book was suggested as supplemental reading to this season of ABC's LOST, which has borrowed (intertexually) from FP and a lot of other works.
Really? I tell you the truth, any TV series not on the History Channel I just sort of ignore, even in conversation. Now that's interesting.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:33:17pm |
re: #435 wrenchwench
It's just PG and RS talking, and giggling, and--you may need the bucket.
Bosom buddies, eh? I'll keep my cookies down.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:33:35pm |
re: #436 Killgore Trout
I think he also has a case of short guy syndrome. I've had to deal with professors and bosses who suffer from it. They can be pretty unbearable in positions of authority.
Shades of Napolean?
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:33:55pm |
re: #446 MandyManners
Bosom buddies, eh? I'll keep my cookies down.
Hey, she's gotta play to her strengths, I guess.
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:34:08pm |
re: #417 MandyManners
What a horrible bully.
Today it is served with slimy, stinky faces shoved-up all the wrong places.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:35:17pm |
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:35:47pm |
Hmmm. Socks died. You know, the White House cat.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
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wrenchwench Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:35:49pm |
re: #437 Guanxi88
Heh. Kinda. I think I'd rather watch the one you posted than the other one.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:35:53pm |
re: #448 Guanxi88
Hey, she's gotta play to her strengths, I guess.
I'm still wondering what she's gonna' do with all those donations she took for the Aqsa Parvez fiasco.
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:36:01pm |
re: #445 Guanxi88
Really? I tell you the truth, any TV series not on the History Channel I just sort of ignore, even in conversation. Now that's interesting.
haha!...interesting yes....I need to supplemental reader to understand 'Lost'....deep
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:36:20pm |
re: #449 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Today it is served with slimy, stinky faces shoved-up all the wrong places.
So help me but, I read "faces" as "feces".
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gclaghorn Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:36:31pm |
re: #454 MandyManners
I'm still wondering what she's gonna' do with all those donations she took for the Aqsa Parvez fiasco.
Don't plan on ever hearing about it again from her.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:37:03pm |
re: #452 Gus 802
Hmmm. Socks died. You know, the White House cat.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
Awwwwwwwww. He was the only decent mamal in that administration.
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:37:11pm |
re: #434 reine.de.tout
The books at lulu.com are printed when ordered. So there will be no running out, ever, as long as the file is there. And it will be there.
Ok - that's what I thought. Cool beans. Oh - according to The Onion, saying "cool beans" makes me one of those annoying cheerful people. :D
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Charles Johnson Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:37:30pm |
And now we have people in the Aqsa Parvez thread who think it's really cool to put a headstone on a girl's grave without permission from the family.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:37:44pm |
re: #458 MandyManners
Awwwwwwwww. He was the only decent mamal in that administration.
Right. And he was a cute Tuxedo cat. 19 to 20 years is pretty old for a cat.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:38:25pm |
re: #454 MandyManners
I'm still wondering what she's gonna' do with all those donations she took for the Aqsa Parvez fiasco.
I'm sure she'll think of something suitably distasteful. Honestly, trying to put up a headstone over a grave that is not for her family or for anyone affiliated therewith. Tacky!
Maybe she should, instead of memorializing the dead with a monument to her own sensitivity, perhaps donate to one of the women's orgs that are trying to fight this kind of barbarism? Just saying...
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:38:37pm |
re: #445 Guanxi88
Really? I tell you the truth, any TV series not on the History Channel I just sort of ignore, even in conversation. Now that's interesting.
It's the ONLY hour of TV that I watch. LOST is not your average prime time show, it's very much like reading an Eco novel and quantum physics and a good primer on religion and a big dash of time travel to mix it all up with. Into season 5 now, one more season to go next year. Show had basic plot arcs all laid out before season one started, and the producers asked ABC for six years to tell the story.
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:38:47pm |
re: #452 Gus 802
Hmmm. Socks died. You know, the White House cat.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
R.I.P., Socks Clinton Currie.
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:39:03pm |
re: #426 Gus 802
What? You don't like TV? What about the History Channel? Huh? Huh? Don't you believe that The Outlaw Josie Wales is an accurate retelling of the The Late Unpleasantness Between the States and months thereafter?
How about the Discovery Channel? How are you going to keep up the latest expeditions to find the Loch Ness Monster? What about Bigfoot?
Now if you want to condemn yourself to a life of abject ignorance, you just go right ahead.
But someday someone is going to ask you what Hitler's second cousin once removed's butcher's grand daughter's name is and you won't have a clue. You'll feel pretty foolish then, mark my words.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:40:12pm |
re: #461 Gus 802
Didn't the Clinton's through it overboard after they had wrung all the PR value of it.?
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:40:13pm |
re: #460 Charles
And now we have people in the Aqsa Parvez thread who think it's really cool to put a headstone on a girl's grave without permission from the family.
So much for respecting a families wishes. Perhaps they would like to put this event behind them. Not that it would be an endorsement of what led to her death since we are not here to probe into this families life.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:40:24pm |
re: #463 Walter L. Newton
It's the ONLY hour of TV that I watch. LOST is not your average prime time show, it's very much like reading an Eco novel and quantum physics and a good primer on religion and a big dash of time travel to mix it all up with. Into season 5 now, one more season to go next year. Show had basic plot arcs all laid out before season one started, and the producers asked ABC for six years to tell the story.
This is a revelation to me. Six years to tell the story; so, this thing is thought out, it's a coherent narrative, and not just some crappy flash-in-the-pan chewing gum for the eyes.
I may have to quite job #2 and start to study this.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:40:29pm |
re: #452 Gus 802
Hmmm. Socks died. You know, the White House cat.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
RIP, Socks. He was a better being than his masters.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:41:01pm |
re: #466 BatGuano
Didn't the Clinton's through it overboard after they had wrung all the PR value of it.?
I think they gave it to one of the White House caretakers?
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:41:15pm |
re: #463 Walter L. Newton
It's the ONLY hour of TV that I watch. LOST is not your average prime time show, it's very much like reading an Eco novel and quantum physics and a good primer on religion and a big dash of time travel to mix it all up with. Into season 5 now, one more season to go next year. Show had basic plot arcs all laid out before season one started, and the producers asked ABC for six years to tell the story.
there is more to be learned about the human experience watching an NFL football game...talk about plot arcs...and it's real, not Hollywood make believe...imo of course
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:42:25pm |
re: #465 razorbacker
Ha! That made me laugh. ;) I was laying around the game room in my apartment and watching the history channel. It's odd how they've gone of into the troofer realm.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:43:10pm |
re: #460 Charles
And now we have people in the Aqsa Parvez thread who think it's really cool to put a headstone on a girl's grave without permission from the family.
It's as if people think they own her.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:43:14pm |
re: #470 Gus 802
I think they gave to Clinton's personal secretary Betty Currie
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:43:34pm |
re: #461 Gus 802
Right. And he was a cute Tuxedo cat. 19 to 20 years is pretty old for a cat.
Are cat years like dog years?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:43:40pm |
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:43:53pm |
re: #474 BatGuano
I think they gave to Clinton's personal secretary Betty Currie
Right, just read that. Might help if actually read my own link.
/Doh!
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:44:09pm |
re: #462 Guanxi88
I'm sure she'll think of something suitably distasteful. Honestly, trying to put up a headstone over a grave that is not for her family or for anyone affiliated therewith. Tacky!
Maybe she should, instead of memorializing the dead with a monument to her own sensitivity, perhaps donate to one of the women's orgs that are trying to fight this kind of barbarism? Just saying...
It's not her money. Wouldn't every dono have to agree?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:44:26pm |
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Catttt Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:44:30pm |
re: #470 Gus 802
I think they gave it to one of the White House caretakers?
President Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie - here she is with Socks.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:44:37pm |
re: #466 BatGuano
Didn't the Clinton's through it overboard after they had wrung all the PR value of it.?
Like this?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:44:46pm |
re: #468 Guanxi88
This is a revelation to me. Six years to tell the story; so, this thing is thought out, it's a coherent narrative, and not just some crappy flash-in-the-pan chewing gum for the eyes.
I may have to quite job #2 and start to study this.
Please note, like any TV show, it's a business and they have "wiggle room." But yes, the main plot arcs were story boarded from the git go. ABC promised them 6 years. When season two began, they didn't have the "papers" all in a row from ABC, so, season two was a little treading water until ABC worked out all the details. About mid season 3, they started to move forward with the story.
And, things that are happening NOW in the story line is proving that they had this worked out, because there is so much dovetailing with stuff from even the first one minute of the show.
It's still TV, but it's clever, and if you like Eco, you love this.
This may be over kill, but see Lostpedia...
[Link: lostpedia.wikia.com...]
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:45:25pm |
re: #480 Catttt
President Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie - here she is with Socks.
Looks pretty big. I'm thinking Socks probably developed a bond with Currie.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:45:33pm |
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eon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:45:52pm |
Well, Lizards, it's getting near my bedtime. So I'm going to stop posting while my eyes are still (sort of) open.
Good night, Lizards.
Sleep well.
cheers
eon
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:47:15pm |
Discussion on another blog about the first month of the Obamanation.
In the comments:
We really dodged a bullet with that Palin chick, didn't we?
Buwahahahahahahaha!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:47:17pm |
re: #471 albusteve
there is more to be learned about the human experience watching an NFL football game...talk about plot arcs...and it's real, not Hollywood make believe...imo of course
Well, I don't agree Steve. Granted, a sports event has a lot of dynamics, and the skills are amazing, and I enjoy a football game once in a while.
But, I also enjoy a trip to a book store, which is the level of enjoyment I get from a show like LOST.
As I said, it's the ONLY hour of TV I ever watch on a weekly basis.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:47:52pm |
Regarding Parvez. Imagine if your daughter was killed while being raped. Would you want to have a memorial put up at her grave site to remind you of the violent act that took her life? Or then adding any political motivation that would be attached to said memorial. Let alone the people behind the erection of the memorial who might not have your own best interests in mind.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:47:57pm |
re: #472 Gus 802
Ha! That made me laugh. ;) I was laying around the game room in my apartment and watching the history channel. It's odd how they've gone of into the troofer realm.
I've learned to take many of their shows with a large grain of salt. Even if the story is accurate, other things aren't. They were discussing submarines, and the sinking of the British cruisers Cressey, Aboukir, and Hogue during WWI. I have seen still pictures of those ships going down, but they chose to illustrate it with what was clearly a merchant ship, not a cruiser.
The same show had an animation of the Revolutionary War submarine the Turtle attacking the British ship, and had a propeller(!) on the British sailing vessel. Propellers didn't get used until years later.
This might have been on the Military channel, but those are all interchangeable; they show the same shows.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:48:00pm |
re: #478 MandyManners
It's not her money. Wouldn't every dono have to agree?
You'd think so, but then again, they handed over money to a lady person so she could erect a monument over a grave over which she had no control or right. I don't think they'd mind whatever she decided to do with it "to memorialize the poor girl".
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WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:49:18pm |
re: #467 Gus 802
The late young lady is a Canadian Citizen.
Pamela is an American and she has no business involving herself in the business of a foreign State.
I'm not being Anti-American, here.
This case is being dealt with in a Canadian Court and she and any other foreigner should shut up and mind their own business.
I find it extremely distasteful for her, or anyone to be making cheap political points over this tragedy.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:49:22pm |
re: #488 Gus 802
Regarding Parvez. Imagine if your daughter was killed while being raped. Would you want to have a memorial put up at her grave site to remind you of the violent act that took her life? Or then adding any political motivation that would be attached to said memorial. Let alone the people behind the erection of the memorial who might not have your own best interests in mind.
It's not much different (IMHO) than the Terry S(sp?) case a number of years ago. The politics should not have entered the story.
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:49:55pm |
re: #487 Walter L. Newton
Well, I don't agree Steve. Granted, a sports event has a lot of dynamics, and the skills are amazing, and I enjoy a football game once in a while.
But, I also enjoy a trip to a book store, which is the level of enjoyment I get from a show like LOST.
As I said, it's the ONLY hour of TV I ever watch on a weekly basis.
namaste...there is common ground :)
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:50:18pm |
re: #489 Kosh's Shadow
Yeah. I admit today I actually watched some in the game room. It's been years but it was only for as long as I could take it. Sure enough I stopped at the History Channel and it was on dog fights. Being a plane nut that I am. I cringed when I saw Randall "Duke" Cunningham and wondered how he was.
| 495 |
Colonel Panik Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:51:05pm |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
Cool....
Makes me think of the plasma pulse weaponry depicted in "Babylon 5"...
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:51:34pm |
re: #477 Gus 802
Did the same thing. So many links, so little time.
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:52:05pm |
re: #494 Gus 802
Yeah. I admit today I actually watched some in the game room. It's been years but it was only for as long as I could take it. Sure enough I stopped at the History Channel and it was on dog fights. Being a plane nut that I am. I cringed when I saw Randall "Duke" Cunningham and wondered how he was.
3 squares and a bunk...very sad
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:52:06pm |
re: #492 Walter L. Newton
It's not much different (IMHO) than the Terry S(sp?) case a number of years ago. The politics should not have entered the story.
Schiavo. Good point. Right to privacy comes to mind.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:52:11pm |
re: #491 WhiteRasta
The late young lady is a Canadian Citizen.
Pamela is an American and she has no business involving herself in the business of a foreign State.
I'm not being Anti-American, here.
This case is being dealt with in a Canadian Court and she and any other foreigner should shut up and mind their own business.
I find it extremely distasteful for her, or anyone to be making cheap political points over this tragedy.
Excuse me?
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:52:51pm |
re: #490 Guanxi88
You'd think so, but then again, they handed over money to a
ladyperson so she could erect a monument over a grave over which she had no control or right. I don't think they'd mind whatever she decided to do with it "to memorialize the poor girl".
I'm just thinking she could get jammed up if not all agree with how she spends it.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:53:10pm |
re: #492 Walter L. Newton
It's not much different (IMHO) than the Terry S(sp?) case a number of years ago. The politics should not have entered the story.
Schiavo.
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WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:53:48pm |
re: #499 MandyManners
Mandy, she has no business doing what she is doing. She is way out of line.
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:53:57pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:54:00pm |
re: #498 Gus 802
Schiavo. Good point. Right to privacy comes to mind.
Threads about that here...ah, good times (if you don't mind about four inches of pee on the floor).
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:54:41pm |
re: #502 WhiteRasta
Mandy, she has no business doing what she is doing. She is way out of line.
You said any other foreigner should shut up and mind our own business.
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:54:46pm |
re: #491 WhiteRasta
The late young lady is a Canadian Citizen.
Pamela is an American and she has no business involving herself in the business of a foreign State.
I'm not being Anti-American, here.
This case is being dealt with in a Canadian Court and she and any other foreigner should shut up and mind their own business.
I find it extremely distasteful for her, or anyone to be making cheap political points over this tragedy.
conversely the other day up in Canada BO thanked his minions there for their efforts to help get him elected...jus sayin
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:55:01pm |
re: #494 Gus 802
Yeah. I admit today I actually watched some in the game room. It's been years but it was only for as long as I could take it. Sure enough I stopped at the History Channel and it was on dog fights. Being a plane nut that I am. I cringed when I saw Randall "Duke" Cunningham and wondered how he was.
Actually, I do watch Discovery, History, National Geographic, Science, History International, and Military most nights, while I grade work for an online university (2nd job) and pet dogs.
How Its Made is fun - watch various things (from springs to cars) get made.
And Future Weapons is great, with the host excited about shooting things and blowing them up. You can see his eyes light up when he gets to shoot or watch something get blown up. Also, he's done at least one show in Israel.
Tonight, though, is science fiction night; Battlestar Galactica, and Stargate (reruns).
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:55:18pm |
re: #504 MandyManners
Threads about that here...ah, good times (if you don't mind about four inches of pee on the floor).
Deep as a Port Authority Bus Terminal restroom?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:55:19pm |
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:55:47pm |
re: #497 albusteve
3 squares and a bunk...very sad
The fact that 'Duke' Cunningham is a lying thief doesn't change the fact that he was also a sh*t-hot pilot and an excellent aviator.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:56:07pm |
re: #504 MandyManners
Threads about that here...ah, good times (if you don't mind about four inches of pee on the floor).
Sounds like a job for Mike Rowe (merging this with the TV thread)
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:56:17pm |
re: #498 Gus 802
re: #501 MandyManners
Thanks.re: #491 WhiteRasta
... she and any other foreigner should shut up and mind their own business.
You were just getting a little emotional, right? Because you really aren't suggesting that no one else but a Canadian has the freedom of speech to address this case, right, wrong or otherwise?
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:56:33pm |
re: #503 Gus 802
5 years to go. More or less.
a great American warrior...I don't know what to think with all the corruption swirling around DC it seems sort of unfair...
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:56:45pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:57:07pm |
re: #502 WhiteRasta
Mandy, she has no business doing what she is doing. She is way out of line.
You said "any other foreigner." Not just she.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:57:12pm |
re: #509 Dark_Falcon
Didn't Bill back over the family dog? Don't remember it's name.
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:57:16pm |
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Gus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:58:26pm |
re: #507 Kosh's Shadow
Good choices. I was thinking and it would be the commercials that are distracting.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:58:58pm |
re: #516 BatGuano
Didn't Bill back over the family dog? Don't remember it's name.
No, Buddy (Bill's dog) ran out into the street and got hit by a car.
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Salamantis Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:59:48pm |
re: #238 Thor
Evolution is a theory and based on evolving science. It is far from conclusive. Belief in evolution is simply that -- belief. Evolution is simply another religion -- not that there is anything wrong with that. This is America and people are entitled to believe what they wish, however to impose your belief system on others is cultural elitism and un-American.
The scientific definition of theory is far from the hunch or guess it connotes in common parlance. According to the United States National Academy of Sciences:
"Some scientific explanations are so well established that no new evidence is likely to alter them. The explanation becomes a scientific theory. In everyday language a theory means a hunch or speculation. Not so in science. In science, the word theory refers to a comprehensive explanation of an important feature of nature supported by facts gathered over time. Theories also allow scientists to make predictions about as yet unobserved phenomena."
"A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. The theory of biological evolution is more than "just a theory." It is as factual an explanation of the universe as the atomic theory of matter or the germ theory of disease. Our understanding of gravity is still a work in progress. But the phenomenon of gravity, like evolution, is an accepted fact."
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Evolutionary theory is science, not religion. The difference between the two is that the dogmas of religion are believed in in the absence of supporting empirical evidence, while the contentions of science can be known to be valid by objectively and dispassionately perusing the empirical evidence for them; scientific contentions are unfailingly supported by empirical evidence (religious dogmas lack any supporting empirical evidence whatsoever).
And evolution is one of the most valid, sound and solid theories in all of empirical science, supported by 150 years worth of empirical evidence, and contradicted by none of it. Creationism/ID, on the other hand, is sectarian religious dogma, lacking a single shred of supporting empirical evidence.
To impose sectarian religious dogmas on other people's kids in public high school science class is what is unAmerican; it's also been justly ruled constitutional in US courts.
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Feb 20, 2009 5:59:55pm |
re: #519 Dark_Falcon
No, Buddy (Bill's dog) ran out into the street and got hit by a car.
......and Jack Bauer had nothing to do with it............
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:00:11pm |
re: #518 Gus 802
Good choices. I was thinking and it would be the commercials that are distracting.
my exact same choices and yes commercials are very distracting....you are watching some breathless intrigue, then ShamWow...what a bust
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WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:01:18pm |
re: #506 albusteve
Yes, the remark about foreigners cuts both ways.
I would have been outraged as an American Citizen if Canadians came to America and campaigned for ANY Presidential candidate.
If foreigners were coming here and campaigning for any party, Canadians would be up in arms and howling....
Of course it's OK if foreigners are coming to America to campaign against the Republicans or if they were coming to Canada to campaign against the Conservatives.
That would be OK.
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WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:02:29pm |
re: #512 Walter L. Newton
Walter, you are correct. Sorry if my remark was offensive...
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:03:33pm |
re: #519 Dark_Falcon
Ah. First Vince Foster, then Buddy...
/
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:04:46pm |
re: #522 taxfreekiller
Once upon a time, Collins Radio had smart electron people, they got this thing so's in 1967 it could listen to like 100,000 radio signals per min. and if there were comm. going on pick it up and we could like listen in to Gen. Gaip talking to the commander of the 100,000 commies who maintained the Whore Who Shit Men down the trails, trails,
so we go to Da Nang, get on a plane, go to Subic, get the thing from some C.I.A. looking guy, sign off on it, we got some Canadian techs to go with it who drank to much, they and the thing go on a boat, we go to Hue city, up the roads to a road, then up to the top of "leghorn" mountain on the Laos border, we, get the power up, we get the thing humming, the Canadian techs tell me, your Koreans know how to run it , we are not here over night to much shooting and shit,, helo away,
Mr Chen so proud, he powers up about dark, without my ok, comes in the back of our hooch,,,,"mr **",,,,, maybe some smoke,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
No General Electric Radio Theater!
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:04:51pm |
re: #524 WhiteRasta
Yes, the remark about foreigners cuts both ways.
I would have been outraged as an American Citizen if Canadians came to America and campaigned for ANY Presidential candidate.
If foreigners were coming here and campaigning for any party, Canadians would be up in arms and howling....
Of course it's OK if foreigners are coming to America to campaign against the Republicans or if they were coming to Canada to campaign against the Conservatives.
That would be OK.
the Canadians are my brothers...I only split hairs for arguments sake
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MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:05:00pm |
re: #525 WhiteRasta
Walter, you are correct. Sorry if my remark was offensive...
It is a hororific situation so it's normal when emotions run wild.
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Digital Display Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:05:26pm |
Loggin out lizards in a few minutes...
We are going out dancing tonight..Hope tonight finds you all well.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:05:33pm |
re: #521 IslandLibertarian
......and Jack Bauer had nothing to do with it............
[groan, snicker]
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Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:05:40pm |
re: #519 Dark_Falcon
No, Buddy (Bill's dog) ran out into the street and got hit by a car.
That's what the Clintons would like everyone to believe. What really happened was that Buddy overheard Hillary talking about Vince Foster's murder and was about to spill the beans on Hillary's involvement. She drove Buddy to suicide.
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Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:07:00pm |
Good evening. Fashionably late to the party, as always. But I must say, I love the poster. I just might see if I can order one.
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:07:34pm |
re: #533 Perplexed
That's what the Clintons would like everyone to believe. What really happened was that Buddy overheard Hillary talking about Vince Foster's murder and was about to spill the beans on Hillary's involvement. She drove Buddy to suicide.
////////////
I heard Buddy buried the Rose Law Firm billing records and since he was the only one who knew was a liability.
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Dragonwolf Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:08:04pm |
re: #287 pre-Boomer Marine brat
OMG ... here we go again.
/lock and load
I'm just gonna duck and cover this time.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:08:07pm |
re: #526 BatGuano
Ah. First Vince Foster, then Buddy...
/
No, it would have been Socks if one of the pets knew too much. Dogs are too dumb and too loyal. Cats have a much greater sense of self interest. ;)
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reine.de.tout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:08:17pm |
re: #460 Charles
And now we have people in the Aqsa Parvez thread who think it's really cool to put a headstone on a girl's grave without permission from the family.
That idea was nuts from the beginning.
How did anyone think they were going to be able to take over the property of somebody else and put up a headstone that family obviously does not want?
I think the family is treating Agsa terribly - but no one can force them to place a headstone on the grave if they do not want to.
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Bloodnok Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:09:04pm |
re: #535 Natasha
Good evening. Fashionably late to the party, as always. But I must say, I love the poster. I just might see if I can order one.
Hey, how are things at the Fort? Several lizards were concerned when they heard about the meningitis scare there.
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:09:37pm |
New T-shirt in the bar.
Don't worry. I'm not going to ask you for sex. My government's f*cking me hard enough already.
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:10:25pm |
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wolfie Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:11:16pm |
Suicide? You buy that?
There were no paw prints on the gun!
/
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Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:11:41pm |
re: #538 Dark_Falcon
No, it would have been Socks if one of the pets knew too much. Dogs are too dumb and too loyal. Cats have a much greater sense of self interest. ;)
But phone records have Buddy making late night conference calls to Carl Rove, Vince Foster and Scooter Libby.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:11:41pm |
re: #538 Dark_Falcon
Ok, you're right. Dogs give and give and give, and just when you think there is nothing, left they give a little more. Tear
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n in wi Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:11:57pm |
re: #536 jcm
I heard Buddy buried the Rose Law Firm billing records and since he was the only one who knew was a liability.
I heard buddy was responsible for the infamous stain on the blue dress.
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IslandLibertarian Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:12:42pm |
re: #546 n in wi
I heard buddy was responsible for the infamous stain on the blue dress.
No, that was the other White House DOG!
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Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:13:41pm |
re: #547 IslandLibertarian
No, that was the other White House DOG!
Wonder if Hillary ever called Bill, Buddy?
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wolfie Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:14:03pm |
re: #538 Dark_Falcon
No, it would have been Socks if one of the pets knew too much. Dogs are too dumb and too loyal. Cats have a much greater sense of self interest. ;)
Socks OWNED the Clintons. No way that cat would spoil a good thing.
Buddy was loyal, yes, but he could be bribed.
A chunk of beef, a cute bitch. No impulse control.
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Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:14:04pm |
re: #540 Bloodnok
Things are well. Weekend is here, and along with it, laziness, drunkenness and all sorts of debauchery... As to meningitis, it was the non-contagious bacterial kind. We were warned to mind the hygiene, and were informed of the symptoms to look out for. Cool thing is, since we are not in barracks, but have our own separate little suites, it is easier for us to avoid it.
| 553 |
Fat Jolly Penguin Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:14:44pm |
Chuck Schumer: "Let them eat pork!"
Eye bleach may be necessary.
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jcm Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:14:46pm |
re: #546 n in wi
I heard buddy was responsible for the infamous stain on the blue dress.
That's what Bill told Hill just before an ash tray mysterious flew across the room.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:15:27pm |
re: #491 WhiteRasta
The late young lady is a Canadian Citizen.
Pamela is an American and she has no business involving herself in the business of a foreign State.
I'm not being Anti-American, here.
This case is being dealt with in a Canadian Court and she and any other foreigner should shut up and mind their own business.
I find it extremely distasteful for her, or anyone to be making cheap political points over this tragedy.
For the record, after careful consideration ... I disagree with at least the tone of the bold-highlighted text ... however, I'm letting my up-ding stand.
The Pervez family has to be held accountable for their treatment of the girl, and Canada's system/s have to be held accountable for their actions in the case. We can, and should, participate in the "holding accountable", if and when that is required. At this point, we should let it run.
If the Pervez family wants an unmarked grave, that is between them and the Deity. IMHO, the Deity will take note.
If the Canadian gov't doesn't have the spine to protect one of its own citizens, then the Canadian gov't should be quietly given enough rope to HANG its f*****g self!
/father of a first-born female child who'd better shut his f*****g mouth
| 556 |
albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:15:30pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:15:52pm |
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Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:16:23pm |
re: #554 jcm
That's what Bill told Hill just before an ash tray mysterious flew across the room.
Was always curious about that. Did the Secret Service ever have to intervene in any of the Clinton's family wars?
| 561 |
n in wi Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:17:10pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:17:58pm |
| 563 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:18:38pm |
re: #560 Perplexed
Was always curious about that. Did the Secret Service ever have to intervene in any of the Clinton's family wars?
Will we ever know?
| 564 |
Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:19:41pm |
re: #563 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Will we ever know?
Death bed revelation from a retired Secret Service agent?
| 565 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:19:58pm |
re: #551 wolfie
Socks OWNED the Clintons. No way that cat would spoil a good thing.
Buddy was loyal, yes, but he could be bribed.
A chunk of beef, a cute bitch. No impulse control.
Actually, Buddy was neutered. I hear tell that Hillary tried to have Bill "attended to" at the same time. :)
| 566 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:20:04pm |
re: #528 albusteve
I enjoy arguing with you. You are a spirited and interesting person to argue with.
Kindest regards.
I look forward to drinking with you in Jamaica, one day.
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BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:24:03pm |
re: #556 albusteve
Thanks, The first song that I remember hearing on the radio was Hound Dog, by Elvis. I was year old when that was released but it was played regularly for years afterward.
| 571 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:24:07pm |
re: #517 MandyManners
Who?
Host of Dirty Jobs.
He does things like "help" people replace pumps at a sewage plant, with "poo" as he calls it so high they had trouble opening the door to the pump room; castrating sheep; shearing sheep; helping a vet with horses; removing an old oil tank; and other dirty jobs.
| 572 |
razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:24:50pm |
Wife has been a bit standoffish today. I gave her space, let her simma down. It came out over dinner.
I behaved very badly last night, in her dream.
Funny part is, from personal observation this is the best woman out there.
And she is nutty as a Christmas fruit cake.
| 573 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:24:54pm |
re: #537 Dragonwolf
BTW, try putting those comments/sentiments (from the Missouri thread) on a generally "science" thread -- one which has absolutely nothing to do with evolution. Charles has, for instance, posted threads on astronomy.
Today, two instances of the arrogance which you were talking about occurred to me. It does exist, because individual scientists are also individual human beings.
In a generalized "science" setting, you would generate debate without the ... well ... yeah, you know ... heh.
| 574 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:25:31pm |
| 575 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:25:34pm |
re: #555 pre-Boomer Marine brat
The Canadian (Ontario) Government is dealing with this case through the courts.
I suggest it is quite OK for this case to be discussed, what I object to is people coming here and sticking their noses in places where their noses do not belong.
| 576 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:25:41pm |
re: #523 albusteve
my exact same choices and yes commercials are very distracting....you are watching some breathless intrigue, then ShamWow...what a bust
Don't forget the viagra ads, especially on the military channel.
I guess some old soldiers just have trouble coming to attention.
| 577 |
MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:25:50pm |
re: #571 Kosh's Shadow
Host of Dirty Jobs.
He does things like "help" people replace pumps at a sewage plant, with "poo" as he calls it so high they had trouble opening the door to the pump room; castrating sheep; shearing sheep; helping a vet with horses; removing an old oil tank; and other dirty jobs.
I reckon I'll quit bitching about the little flecks of toothpaste The Kid gets on his bathroom mirror.
| 578 |
albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:25:58pm |
re: #566 WhiteRasta
I enjoy arguing with you. You are a spirited and interesting person to argue with.
Kindest regards.
I look forward to drinking with you in Jamaica, one day.
I know a few gin joints...we'll do it bro
| 579 |
BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:26:03pm |
Hmm. what did Buddy know and when did he know it? Socks?
| 580 |
songbird Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:26:42pm |
Have any of you received the cookbook yet? I've got mine and I love it. The artwork is great and the recipes are amazing!
| 581 |
MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:26:57pm |
re: #575 WhiteRasta
The Canadian (Ontario) Government is dealing with this case through the courts.
I suggest it is quite OK for this case to be discussed, what I object to is people coming here and sticking their noses in places where their noses do not belong.
Charles is not the blogger who's doing that.
| 582 |
Perplexed Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:27:44pm |
re: #579 BatGuano
Hmm. what did Buddy know and when did he know it? Socks?
Socks 'outed' Buddy. Seems that Buddy was far too trusting and was whacked for it.
| 583 |
Basho Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:28:09pm |
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Scion9 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:28:25pm |
re: #528 albusteve
As someone who is nominally a 'conservative', part of that ideology is an intense belief in individualism; race, ethnicity, religion and even nationality notwithstanding.
The issue with this headstone isn't one dealing with some individuals stepping outside of the arbitrary categories they were likely born into and onto someone else's, some other nation's turf but instead has everything to do with not respecting the individual rights of the girls family to honor her memory in whatever fashion they choose; no matter how repugnant they may be in deciding not to memorialize her at all.
I also have no problem with Canadians, or anyone else in the world piping in about American politics including actively campaigning, so long as they do not donate or vote without having gone through the trouble of gaining citizenship. It may spark some crudely patriotic resentment from me when it does happen, but free speech isn't about protecting me or anyone else from hurt feelings.
| 585 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:28:31pm |
re: #575 WhiteRasta
The Canadian (Ontario) Government is dealing with this case through the courts.
I suggest it is quite OK for this case to be discussed, what I object to is people coming here and sticking their noses in places where their noses do not belong.
Heh ... my rant was highly specialized ... and if I'd kept going, the pipe wrench would've swung. We had that case down here in DFW of the taxi driver butchering his two daughters. [slaps hand over mouth]
| 586 |
albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:28:31pm |
re: #576 Kosh's Shadow
Don't forget the viagra ads, especially on the military channel.
I guess some old soldiers just have trouble coming to attention.
ha!...maybe so...I had not thought of it that way!...20 or even ten years ago I was a beast...shit happens
| 587 |
Racer X Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:28:39pm |
| 588 |
BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:29:02pm |
re: #571 Kosh's Shadow
You know, jobs that American's won't do.
| 589 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:29:25pm |
re: #568 ploome hineni
how did your smoked fish come out?
Well, if it is smoked food you want, try Nat E Dred, the Rasta Gourmet:
| 590 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:29:30pm |
re: #571 Kosh's Shadow
Mike is pretty fearless.
Did you see the show with him helping the maintenance guys on the Mackinaw Bridge?
Got to respect him after that episode.
| 591 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:29:58pm |
re: #583 Basho
Awesome! What is it?
Mom's sheets and pillowcases hanging across the basement, drying.
| 592 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:30:03pm |
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Dragonwolf Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:30:21pm |
re: #427 Walter L. Newton
I once saw some furniture attached to a 240 3 phase panel... wait, oh, that was the state pen.
That means we have to add
Wonder if I could fit in there?
to the final words list
| 596 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:30:34pm |
re: #580 songbird
Have any of you received the cookbook yet? I've got mine and I love it. The artwork is great and the recipes are amazing!
Received mine today. The only disappointment is that none of my remarks made it. However, I have two recipes I'll contribute to the next one.
| 597 |
wolfie Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:30:47pm |
re: #582 Perplexed
Yep. You got it. Buddy had poor impulse control. Easily led astray.
But it was Socks who was the real conniver.
Played them ALL for fools.
| 598 |
mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:31:06pm |
hi all- how are things? day 2 here of no smokes--AARRRGGHHH!
| 599 |
esch Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:31:34pm |
| 600 |
lawhawk Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:31:49pm |
Okay folks, this is depressing, but this helps explain how and why Obama is and will continue to be a teflon president. He's now telling mayors not to waste stimulus money. He's going to frame himself as the responsible one in this porkfest, rather than its progenitor by passing this pork on regardless of what was actually in it.
No one read it.
There were no controls on the money or the purse.
It's a trend that he started with the claims that annoy me to no end - that his porkfest will create or save millions of jobs. It's a nonsensical term. How do you count? You can't - because if you're still in your job despite the stimulus you count as a saved job.
It was all about spending your tax dollars.
[frak]
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:31:57pm |
re: #568 ploome hineni
how did your smoked fish come out?
Pretty good. I had bagel and lox for breakfast and Soba and salmon for lunch. I just finished slicing and packaging the rest.
In the future I think i'm going to sue the top 2/3rds of the fillet and save the tail section for regular cooking. The tail section comes out a little too salty and smokey because it's so thin. Overall it came out really good for a first attempt.
| 602 |
Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:32:06pm |
re: #598 mikeymom
hi all- how are things? day 2 here of no smokes--AARRRGGHHH!
Have you tried to rip the door off the fridge yet...:)
| 603 |
albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:32:08pm |
re: #584 Scion9
As someone who is nominally a 'conservative', part of that ideology is an intense belief in individualism; race, ethnicity, religion and even nationality notwithstanding.
The issue with this headstone isn't one dealing with some individuals stepping outside of the arbitrary categories they were likely born into and onto someone else's, some other nation's turf but instead has everything to do with not respecting the individual rights of the girls family to honor her memory in whatever fashion they choose; no matter how repugnant they may be in deciding not to memorialize her at all.
I also have no problem with Canadians, or anyone else in the world piping in about American politics including actively campaigning, so long as they do not donate or vote without having gone through the trouble of gaining citizenship. It may spark some crudely patriotic resentment from me when it does happen, but free speech isn't about protecting me or anyone else from hurt feelings.
I have mixed feelings...it seems to be a new world order of some sort....Mexico is deep into American politics and always has been...I reserve judgement at this point....I need to learn more
| 604 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:32:23pm |
re: #588 BatGuano
You know, jobs that American's won't do.
Actually, many (most?) of the people he works with are American.
Some other jobs - salt mine; cleaning a diesel spill on snow; working on a fishing ship off Alaska (don't let the cod blood get all over you).
| 607 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:32:56pm |
re: #590 WhiteRasta
Mike is pretty fearless.
Did you see the show with him helping the maintenance guys on the Mackinaw Bridge?
Got to respect him after that episode.
Yes. I don't think I could have done that. Or the one on the cable car towers.
| 608 |
wolfie Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:33:03pm |
re: #598 mikeymom
Hang in there, mikeymom. Hang in there.
You CAN do it.
(Hardest thing I ever did.)
| 609 |
David Simon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:33:26pm |
California teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. So, what happened to Ahnold:
Six years ago, Mr. Schwarzenegger arrived in Sacramento to "cut up the credit card" and give the girlie men at the State Capitol a testosterone shot. California languished then in a fiscal crisis whose causes were pretty much the same as today. The hapless Gray Davis had been recalled, and the Austrian-born actor made a promising start to break the pattern.
In 2005, banking on his popularity, the governor pushed an ambitious ballot initiative to impose a hard state spending cap, limit the unions' political buying power, tighten requirements for teacher tenure, and overhaul a gerrymandered state political map. Arnold lost.
After that setback, Mr. Schwarzenegger shifted his attention to green jobs and energy, winning fans in Europe and among Democrats. "He's recognized that California's a pretty moderate place," says Darrell Steinberg, the Democratic president pro tem of the Senate. "You've got to govern from the middle."
People closer to the governor offer a different take. "Once he got beat, he reverted back to, 'I want to be liked,'" says a former Schwarzenegger aide. "It's classic narcissism."
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
One could say the same thing about most of the rest of our politicians. We can only hope that the California isn't a microcosm.
| 611 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:33:50pm |
re: #601 Killgore Trout
You used a soldering iron for the heat source?
| 612 |
mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:34:01pm |
re: #602 Dustyvet
no-not really-nut my stash of dove sugar-free chics has gone down a bit!
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WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:34:33pm |
re: #607 Kosh's Shadow
Yeah. The cable car one I could hardly watch. I hate heights.
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freetoken Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:34:35pm |
re: #603 albusteve
Mexico is deep into American politics and always has been...
And the other way around, too....
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Truck Monkey Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:34:57pm |
re: #600 lawhawk
Okay folks, this is depressing, but this helps explain how and why Obama is and will continue to be a teflon president. He's now telling mayors not to waste stimulus money. He's going to frame himself as the responsible one in this porkfest, rather than its progenitor by passing this pork on regardless of what was actually in it.
No one read it.
There were no controls on the money or the purse.
It's a trend that he started with the claims that annoy me to no end - that his porkfest will create or save millions of jobs. It's a nonsensical term. How do you count? You can't - because if you're still in your job despite the stimulus you count as a saved job.
It was all about spending your tax dollars.
[frak]
Facism has arrived and it wears a smile.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:35:01pm |
re: #600 lawhawk
Okay folks, this is depressing, but this helps explain how and why Obama is and will continue to be a teflon president. He's now telling mayors not to waste stimulus money. He's going to frame himself as the responsible one in this porkfest, rather than its progenitor by passing this pork on regardless of what was actually in it.
No one read it.
There were no controls on the money or the purse.
It's a trend that he started with the claims that annoy me to no end - that his porkfest will create or save millions of jobs. It's a nonsensical term. How do you count? You can't - because if you're still in your job despite the stimulus you count as a saved job.
It was all about spending your tax dollars.
[frak]
Yes, I heard the Boston mayor, (Mumbles) Menino, saying how the 0 was going to require transparency in the way cities spend the money. Must be the only people that he'll require that from.
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Dustyvet Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:35:15pm |
re: #612 mikeymom
no-not really-nut my stash of dove sugar-free chics has gone down a bit!
Oh, I hope you continue on them, your doing well..Keep up the good work...:)
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:35:21pm |
re: #607 Kosh's Shadow
Yes. I don't think I could have done that. Or the one on the cable car towers.
need some good hash...towers are just high places
| 620 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:35:54pm |
re: #606 WhiteRasta
your linkee no workee.....
Weirod. Works for me, but the video clip stars with a lot of snow.
| 621 |
Bob Dillon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:36:39pm |
Socks just joined Buddy ...
Socks, the Clintons' White House cat, dies
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Socks, the White House cat during the Clinton administration who waged war on Buddy the pup, has died. He was around 18.
Socks had lived with Bill Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie, in Hollywood, Md., since the Clintons left the White House in early 2001.
Currie confirmed Socks' death Friday evening and said she was "heartbroken." She did not give details, referring calls to the Clinton Foundation office.
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WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:36:49pm |
re: #619 albusteve
I'm a snivelling girly-man when it comes to high places.......Or snakes!
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:36:54pm |
re: #614 freetoken
And the other way around, too....
yes we are historically bound...and need to keep this in consideration when the immigration debates come up
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mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:37:55pm |
re: #621 Bobibutu
and the clinton folks said--"well, its just another pussy"
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:38:00pm |
re: #622 WhiteRasta
I'm a snivelling girly-man when it comes to high places.......Or snakes!
more comfortable at the beach eh?...typical rasta
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mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:38:46pm |
re: #624 mikeymom
and the clinton folks said--"well, its just another pussy"
did i just say that? its the nicotine gum, i tell ya!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:38:50pm |
re: #612 mikeymom
no-not really-nut my stash of dove sugar-free chics has gone down a bit!
M&M's, M&M's, M&M's, M&M's you are getting M&M's.
| 629 |
Scion9 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:39:05pm |
re: #603 albusteve
Heh. Not a lot of countries not involved in American politics.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:39:05pm |
re: #611 pre-Boomer Marine brat
You used a soldering iron for the heat source?
Yes it works very well. I didn't use the soup can method. I just put the tip of the soldering iron on a block of pear wood at the bottom of my bbq. I toyed around with different soldering irons. Originally I thought my light weaker iron wasn't making enough smoke but it doesn't take a whole lot of constant smoke because the fish is smoked for 12 hours. A light haze of smoke works fine.
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Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:39:29pm |
re: #617 Kosh's Shadow
Yes, I heard the Boston mayor, (Mumbles) Menino, saying how the 0 was going to require transparency in the way cities spend the money. Must be the only people that he'll require that from.
Requiring transparency, eh? What a transparent hint at "more central control". Wow. Indeed, fascism is here. Or socialism. Not that there is any difference, when it comes down to essentials.
| 632 |
Bob Dillon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:39:33pm |
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razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:39:56pm |
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WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:39:57pm |
re: #625 albusteve
Sit my white ass down under a coconut tree with a bottle of rum and I'm as happy as a pig in mud.....
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Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:40:18pm |
re: #628 Sarge1984
FNDT? Is there a magic word yet tonight?
The word is DRINK! (Which I have already started to do!)
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mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:40:19pm |
re: #627 Walter L. Newton
M&M's, M&M's, M&M's, M&M's you are getting M&M's.
do they make sugar-free ones? type 2 here
| 639 |
MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:41:10pm |
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David Simon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:41:30pm |
re: #600 lawhawk
There's so much to wretch at, I hate to limit it to just this: Obama has begun the foray into relieving some people of not only having to pay income tax, but social security and medicare tax as well. The monstrosity that he signed contains a credit called Making Work Pay. (WTF? Work already pays!) It's refundable, and it's in addition to another refundable credit called the earned income credit.
| 641 |
Salamantis Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:41:32pm |
Hmm...it's been like playing Whack-a-Troll...but so far, there's only been one troll on this thread to whack...
| 643 |
mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:41:50pm |
re: #634 WhiteRasta
only if its appleton's extra reserve-or something like that
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:42:04pm |
re: #555 pre-Boomer Marine brat
BTW ... yes, I know the family's name is spelled "Parvez".
/not a goddamm bit of PIMF!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:42:48pm |
re: #642 WhiteRasta
The hardest part is slicing it nice and thin. It's a little tricky.
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Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:43:00pm |
re: #641 Salamantis
Hmm...it's been like playing Whack-a-Troll...but so far, there's only been one troll on this thread to whack...
I wanna see the troll! I was late to the party... (*pouts and whines*)
| 650 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:43:21pm |
re: #598 mikeymom
hi all- how are things? day 2 here of no smokes--AARRRGGHHH!
Steer clear of mikeymom folks.
A few years ago I had quit for three days. I thought I was just a little bit tense. My wife walked up to me and shoved a cigarette in my mouth with the words: "smoke. this. you. sonofabitch".
Hang in there mikeymom, you can do it!
| 651 |
Bob Dillon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:43:28pm |
| 652 |
lawhawk Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:43:40pm |
re: #636 Natasha
And my beverage of choice tonight? Brewery Ommegang's Chocolate Indulgence.
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Kragar Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:43:48pm |
Just got home from 24 hours in the emergency room and hospital for observation for a suspected heart attack. Had a full work up and they've ruled out heart disease, high blood pressure or cholesterhol and say its is mostly likely stress, anxiety and fatigue produced. They said they've been getting 4-5 a day in like over the last few weeks.
| 654 |
mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:44:23pm |
re: #645 Natasha
Na zdorovje!
never knew how to spell it--but as a ukie-say it all the time! how does the easter saying go--christ is risen?
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albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:44:32pm |
re: #634 WhiteRasta
Sit my white ass down under a coconut tree with a bottle of rum and I'm as happy as a pig in mud.....
heh...your're making homesick
| 656 |
Salamantis Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:44:43pm |
I know that people get tired of reading the same old refutations to the same tired bullshit, but I don't wanna have that crap go unanswered on a thread, lest visitors take our silence for assent, and conclude that that's actually the default position here.
Taking out the trash ain't fun, but it really stinks up the place if you let the garbage pile up and fester and rot.
| 657 |
Sharmuta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:44:48pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I'm sorry to hear that- please take care of yourself.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:44:58pm |
re: #622 WhiteRasta
I'm a snivelling girly-man when it comes to high places.......Or snakes!
He's done shows with snakes, too. One where they were collecting water snakes; one cleaning the containers at a snake farm.
Not to mention the one where they collected alligator eggs from nests in the swamp.
| 659 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:45:08pm |
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n in wi Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:45:23pm |
re: #621 Bobibutu
Socks just joined Buddy ...
Socks, the Clintons' White House cat, dies
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Socks, the White House cat during the Clinton administration who waged war on Buddy the pup, has died. He was around 18.
Socks had lived with Bill Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie, in Hollywood, Md., since the Clintons left the White House in early 2001.
Currie confirmed Socks' death Friday evening and said she was "heartbroken." She did not give details, referringcallsdonatios to the Clinton Foundation office.
FTFY
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:45:24pm |
re: #630 Killgore Trout
Verrry interesting. I never would have thought of a soldering iron (maybe because I use the electronic soldering stations.)
| 662 |
razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:45:32pm |
£62,500 payout for gay airport guard after woman colleague wobbled her breasts at him
A gay man who claimed his feelings had been hurt after a colleague wobbled her breasts at him has been awarded more than £62,500 compensation.
Allwyn Rondeau, 47, received the payout after an employment tribunal ruled that he had suffered discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
Oh, the humanity!
| 663 |
Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:46:05pm |
re: #652 lawhawk
And my beverage of choice tonight? Brewery Ommegang's Chocolate Indulgence.
Sounds delicious and is bookmarked... Cool thing about our "Class VI" (booze store on Army post, in case you don't know) is that they can pretty much order anything, then call you when it arrives.
| 664 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:46:23pm |
re: #630 Killgore Trout
Killgore, since we are all off topic now, I don't mind tickling your mind with this, it's in regards to LOST and your questions about the set up of the "return" to the Island. An interesting list...
815: Jack has to explain about his father's body to the clerk. 316: Jack has to explain about John Locke's body
815: Jack has a drink at a bar next to a girl before the flight. 316: Same, and the hint of a conversation starting if his phone hadn't rang.
815: Charlie brought a guitar on board. 316: Hugo brought a guitar on board.
815: Hugo reads a Spanish comic book. 316: Ibid.
815: A recent murderer (Sawyer) is on the plane. 316: Ben is on the plane, presumably freshly a murderer.
815: Kate is brought onto the plane in handcuffs, with a law enforcement officer. 316: Sayid is brought on board with a law enforcement officer, and handcuffs under his coat.
815: Claire was on board pregnant with Christian's grandson. 316: Theory holds that Kate is on board pregnant with Christian's grandchild.
815: Jack has an argument with a flight member about breaking the rules (for his father). 316: Hurley argues about the rules (number of available seats he's eaten up).
815: Hugo nearly misses the flight. 316: Ben nearly misses the flight.
815: Jin overhears Jack's conversation at the ticket counter (about Christian). 316: Our mysterious new redshirt overhears Jack's conversation at the ticket counter (about Locke)
815: Charlie is a junkie. 316: Jack is a junkie.
815: Jack gets special treatment from a stewardess (bottles of booze). 316: Jack gets special treatment from a stewardess (fetching the captain of a flying plane).
815: Sawyer is reading a letter (evoking strong emotions) just before the plane crashes. 316: Jack is reading a letter (evoking strong emotions) just before the plane crashes.
815: There is a jolt in the plane, causing everyone to worry for a moment; a few later, things start getting chaotic. 316: Comparably the same thing.
815: Christian Sheppard's body is in a casket. 316: Locke is in a nearly identical casket.
815: Jack decided to put crappy shoes on his dad. 316: Jack put the shoes that should have been on his dad on Locke.
Lapidus was supposed to pilot 815. Instead he pilots 316.
815: There are many passengers on board that the Island doesn't need or want. 316: Same thing.
815: Rose is in possession of her husband's wedding ring, and is worried about his absence. 316: Sun has Jin's ring, and is worried about his absence, too.
815: Charlie goes to the bathroom behind the cockpit immediately before the turbulence starts. 316: Ben goes to the bathroom behind the cockpit immediately before the turbulence starts.
815: Boone and Shannon sleep together the night before the plane flight. 316: Jack and Kate sleep together the night before the plane trip.
Shades of Eco....
| 665 |
razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:46:36pm |
re: #662 razorbacker
I make fun. But if you read the link, the guy deserves every penny.
| 666 |
mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:46:39pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Just got home from 24 hours in the emergency room and hospital for observation for a suspected heart attack. Had a full work up and they've ruled out heart disease, high blood pressure or cholesterhol and say its is mostly likely stress, anxiety and fatigue produced. They said they've been getting 4-5 a day in like over the last few weeks.
(kragar)--hope you relax-have some wine! (i'll share)
| 667 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:46:40pm |
re: #641 Salamantis
Hmm...it's been like playing Whack-a-Troll...but so far, there's only been one troll on this thread to whack...
If I fall asleep from boredom ... whack me.
| 668 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:46:53pm |
re: #150 Dustyvet
Famous Last Words
*
I'll get a world record for this.
That one was Dylan Thomas, right?
| 669 |
albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:47:08pm |
re: #643 mikeymom
only if its appleton's extra reserve-or something like that
elitist!...white rum from the backside of the plantation...in a tumbler 3 or 4 fingers
| 670 |
Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:47:24pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I realize I do not know you personally... But, may I join the rest in wishing you to be well. Please take care of yourself, and I hope your health gets better.
| 671 |
lawhawk Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:47:27pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Glad you're doing okay. Take care of yourself...
| 672 |
Salamantis Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:48:19pm |
re: #648 Natasha
I wanna see the troll! I was late to the party... (*pouts and whines*)
The troll appeared once, on #238, and I whacked it on #520.
| 673 |
Kragar Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:48:39pm |
re: #657 Sharmuta
I'm sorry to hear that- please take care of yourself.
On the plus side, I had a clean bill of health in most regards. Low BP, cholesterol, good EKG, just need to loose a few pounds and exercise more. Dr's were leaning to a massive anxiety attack due to my job conditions. They gave me a prescription to deal with the symptoms over the week end and I see my regular doc next week to see about dealing with the anxiety.
| 674 |
mikeymom Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:48:46pm |
re: #659 WhiteRasta
[Link: www.appletonrum.com...]
Nectar of the G-ds.....
OMG thats it! you mean i left some ther undrunk? must-return-soon!
| 675 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:48:53pm |
re: #648 Natasha
I wanna see the troll! I was late to the party... (*pouts and whines*)
"Thor", about in the middle up-thread. Only made one post, I think, before running for the door.
BTW, heard of meningitis at Lost-in-the-Woods. Hope you're okay.
| 676 |
MandyManners Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:49:04pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
apparently, your dumb ass cared enough to reply
You must lie awake at night thinking of ways to be an utter putz.
| 677 |
Bloodnok Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:49:04pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Sorry to hear that, but glad you're okay. Take care of yourself. If not for you do it for Kragaristan.
| 678 |
albusteve Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:49:24pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Just got home from 24 hours in the emergency room and hospital for observation for a suspected heart attack. Had a full work up and they've ruled out heart disease, high blood pressure or cholesterhol and say its is mostly likely stress, anxiety and fatigue produced. They said they've been getting 4-5 a day in like over the last few weeks.
personally I'm counting on you...fix it amigo
| 679 |
razorbacker Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:50:44pm |
The mystery of Ireland's worst driver
Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the country's most reckless driver have emerged, the Irish Times reports.
He had been wanted from counties Cork to Cavan after racking up scores of speeding tickets and parking fines.However, each time the serial offender was stopped he managed to evade justice by giving a different address.
But then his cover was blown.
It was discovered that the man every member of the Irish police's rank and file had been looking for - a Mr Prawo Jazdy - wasn't exactly the sort of prized villain whose apprehension leads to an officer winning an award.
In fact he wasn't even human.
"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," read a letter from June 2007 from an officer working within the Garda's traffic division.
| 680 |
Kragar Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:51:01pm |
re: #664 Walter L. Newton
I'm thinking back to season 1 and the 2 skeletons they found in the cave. Jack and Kate? Sawyer and Kate? Jin and Sun? I'm betting it turns out to be some of the survivors.
| 681 |
BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:51:11pm |
re: #668 Cato the Elder
M favorite last words were, " They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..." Union Civil War general.
| 682 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:51:28pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Just got home from 24 hours in the emergency room and hospital for observation for a suspected heart attack. Had a full work up and they've ruled out heart disease, high blood pressure or cholesterhol and say its is mostly likely stress, anxiety and fatigue produced. They said they've been getting 4-5 a day in like over the last few weeks.
You take CARE of yourself!
/experience talking ... *prayers*
| 683 |
Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:52:24pm |
re: #675 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I am OK. Not a contagious kind. We got briefed on the situation, and on the symptoms, and on what to do (basically, hygiene). Luckily for me, I am staying in the hotel-type setting, we have our own rooms, our own bathrooms and kitchens, and everyday cleaning service.
| 685 |
rightwinger3 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:53:06pm |
Just read this, don't know if it's been posted by anyone else but:
During the 3:00PM EST hour of MSNBC news coverage, anchor Norah O’Donnell discovered the source of sexism in the Middle East was not Islamic fundamentalism, but rather, capitalism.
| 686 |
Kragar Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:54:18pm |
re: #681 BatGuano
M favorite last words were, " They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..." Union Civil War general.
I just hope to go quitely in my sleep like Grandpa.
Not screaming in terror like his passengers did.
/rimshot
| 687 |
Kenneth Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:55:04pm |
re: #522 taxfreekiller
we got some Canadian techs to go with it who drank to much...
Is there another kind?
| 688 |
Dragonwolf Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:55:39pm |
re: #542 jcm
LMAO I haven't seen that for years. I bookmarked it and will try to remember to post properly next time. ;-)
| 689 |
Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:56:39pm |
re: #685 rightwinger3
Just read this, don't know if it's been posted by anyone else but:
Norah O'Donnell is a bloody abysmal idiot of the highest order and should voluntarily relinquish any income she may earn, don a burqa and get her brainless carcass on the first flight to an Islamic country of her choice...
Gosh, but anti-capitalist bimbos annoy me! (Trying desperately not to curse)
| 690 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:57:36pm |
re: #683 Natasha
I am OK. Not a contagious kind. We got briefed on the situation, and on the symptoms, and on what to do (basically, hygiene). Luckily for me, I am staying in the hotel-type setting, we have our own rooms, our own bathrooms and kitchens, and everyday cleaning service.
Good to hear that.
On a side note, today's Army sounds like ... (uh ... better not, she may be combat-qualified.)
/... (-: ... dad was career Marine, I was Navy
| 691 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:58:18pm |
| 692 |
BatGuano Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:58:27pm |
re: #686 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
That's funny. Sick, but funny.
| 693 |
David Simon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 6:59:31pm |
re: #685 rightwinger3
Hilarious irony. A socialite pontificating that wealth causes misogyny.
| 694 |
WhiteRasta Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:00:09pm |
re: #681 BatGuano
My favorite last words were: " Yes. That green dress does make your ass look fat..."
| 695 |
Scion9 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:00:46pm |
re: #685 rightwinger3
How true! Women are property under Islam. If you abolish private property then all women would be free...to be communal property!
/
| 696 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:01:45pm |
re: #664 Walter L. Newton
Heh, I only caught about 50% of those when I originally saw the episode.
| 697 |
rightwinger3 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:01:46pm |
re: #689 Natasha
Norah O'Donnell is a bloody abysmal idiot of the highest order and should voluntarily relinquish any income she may earn, don a burqa and get her brainless carcass on the first flight to an Islamic country of her choice...
Gosh, but anti-capitalist bimbos annoy me! (Trying desperately not to curse)
Yes she is.
| 698 |
rightymouse Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:02:02pm |
re: #685 rightwinger3
During the 3:00PM EST hour of MSNBC news coverage, anchor Norah O’Donnell discovered the source of sexism in the Middle East was not Islamic fundamentalism, but rather, capitalism.
Did Norah explain the source of her own sexism, which I sincerely doubt is capitalism any more than it's the source in the ME?
| 699 |
Dragonwolf Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:02:09pm |
re: #573 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Thank you, I will consider it. But I think I'm still going to be skittish on that topic for a while. At least until I can really refine my opening statement properly.
| 700 |
Salamantis Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:02:32pm |
Here's some more last words, for those who choose their friends unwisely:
"You can't say shit like that to me in my own damn house!"
| 701 |
Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:02:54pm |
re: #690 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Good to hear that.
On a side note, today's Army sounds like ... (uh ... better not, she may be combat-qualified.)
/... (-: ... dad was career Marine, I was Navy
Yeah, the Army seems to be getting softer. However, it is what you put into it, and I am working my tail off, and I refuse the sissy crap. Have not seen combat yet, but will most likely be getting deployed soon. Right now, mastering the art and science of being an Army Engineer and training to get into Sapper school. At 5'1" and 105 lbs it is quite a challenge.
| 702 |
Kenneth Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:04:33pm |
re: #685 rightwinger3
So The Wealth of Nations was written in Mecca in 620AD? Who knew?
| 703 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:05:44pm |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Just got home from 24 hours in the emergency room and hospital for observation for a suspected heart attack. Had a full work up and they've ruled out heart disease, high blood pressure or cholesterhol and say its is mostly likely stress, anxiety and fatigue produced. They said they've been getting 4-5 a day in like over the last few weeks.
Kragar - glad you're OK.
You probably don't need any gratuitous comments, but just in case it's useful: I went through an incredibly stressful time in 2002. Personal stuff. Overcompensated by overworking. Fatigue. Anxiety.
Then bam! I'm on the floor at work, after hours, with no one else on my floor, unable to move, short of breath, sweat, dizzyness, the whole thing. Luckily I had my mobile phone in my pocket, so I was able to call 911 and someone on the first floor to let the EMTs in without their having to break the door down. (My boss would have loved that.)
Many hours later, at the hospital, in comes the doctor and tells me I had experienced a panic attack.
Until then I never knew that they could perfectly mimic a heart attack. When the EMTs checked my BP on site, it was something like 200+ over 140. Lethal.
Fortunately things got better, but for a while I took an anti-anxiety drug - very effective. You don't want it happening while you're driving, that's for sure.
Did they give you anything? If it recurs (fingers crossed it won't) you might want to look into it.
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Natasha Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:06:05pm |
re: #700 Salamantis
Here's some more last words, for those who choose their friends unwisely:
"You can't say shit like that to me in my own damn house!"
Said it myself, a couple of times, way back when, in Key West, when I threw fantastic parties at my house. And it would always be someone I do not know, who just tagged along with a friend of a friend of a friend... Who would also be a collectivist/socialist of some stripe or another.
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Scion9 Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:13:01pm |
re: #695 Scion9
I have actually seen this point forwarded before, having gone back and read the article in full.
Woman's rights were definitely forwarded in the western world by labor movements to a large extent, and the lack of a need to expand the workforce to women in Islam majority countries could hypothetically account for a lack of reform; but it can't be said to be the 'source' of sexism.
There were Arab subcultures among the sedentary tribes that were much more egalitarian than what we see in Arabia now, in the pre-Islamic era. Along comes the nomadic Bedouin raider-subsumed Islamic creed, and the region is awash in a regressive slaver ideology. This was obviously a long time before anyone was drilling for oil.
It also of course goes nowhere in addressing the lasting sexism in a specific Islamic fashion in all of those Muslim nations that have no oil, and horrible economies.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:14:56pm |
re: #699 Dragonwolf
Thank you, I will consider it. But I think I'm still going to be skittish on that topic for a while. At least until I can really refine my opening statement properly.
I recall you telling Naso Tang that you'd not paid much attention to the comments themselves in your prior reading. Even someone who spends far too much time in here (*waves hand*) has trouble keeping up with the details of the latest topical landmines.
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Dragonwolf Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:14:59pm |
re: #662 razorbacker
£62,500 payout for gay airport guard after woman colleague wobbled her breasts at him
Oh, the humanity!
While many of us have to pay for exactly that.....
Where do I apply?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:17:17pm |
re: #701 Natasha
Yeah, the Army seems to be getting softer. However, it is what you put into it, and I am working my tail off, and I refuse the sissy crap. Have not seen combat yet, but will most likely be getting deployed soon. Right now, mastering the art and science of being an Army Engineer and training to get into Sapper school. At 5'1" and 105 lbs it is quite a challenge.
Sapper school?!?! ... *eyes widening, ducking under desk*
I better be nice to you!
Go for it!
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David Simon Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:36:22pm |
re: #705 Scion9
It also of course goes nowhere in addressing the lasting sexism in a specific Islamic fashion in all of those Muslim nations that have no oil, and horrible economies.
And that's the salient point. Speaking as an employer, I really don't give a shit what color a person's skin is, how they pray, or what's in between their legs. How they perform is all I care about.
| 711 |
SpaceJesus Fri, Feb 20, 2009 7:53:45pm |
re: #120 HoosierHoops
Fuck you dude..You have always been rude..And let me tell you know..( bring it) Anybody that would have a nic on the Internet with Jesus in it is just f'n sick.
I don't care why..I've been on the internet from the beginning..I've seen alot..
Nobody calls themselves jesus anything you fuck..You have no respect for anything or are an egoist..either way..you suck bro..
Ya wanna continue in the lounge? I still have a few things to tell you..
/Sorry Charles
oh no! internet fight!
| 712 |
calcajun Fri, Feb 20, 2009 8:07:18pm |
re: #708 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Sapper school?!?! ... *eyes widening, ducking under desk*
I better be nice to you!Go for it!
I wanted to be a sapper, but I was too entrenched in my beliefs.
| 713 |
ladycatnip Fri, Feb 20, 2009 8:15:18pm |
As far as Change goes, Hillary made it very clear to China that their violation of human rights won't stop this administration from having friendly relations with them.
Yeah, that's change we can believe in.
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Syrah Fri, Feb 20, 2009 10:19:35pm |
re: #105 SpaceJesus
I am so drunk that I am having a hard time staying upright in my chair but even I can see that you have managed to be a complete and total ass here.
FOAD.
Or you could apologize like a gentlemen.
Its up to you.
| 715 |
desertbrat Fri, Feb 20, 2009 11:22:49pm |
re: #44 Truck Monkey
WOW!...That Trotsky photo...I don't know...looks just like Sean Penn.Not kidding.
| 716 |
Digital Display Sat, Feb 21, 2009 3:10:49am |
re: #711 spacejesus
oh no! internet fight!
Hey you piece of crap..you realize that the hoopster is now looking for you..
You'll never have a friend here in this corner...
| 717 |
Ayeless in Ghazi Sat, Feb 21, 2009 7:57:24am |
I find spacejesus to be quite funny sometimes; to others, I realise his banter is a bit annoying. But it is banter, at the end of the day. He isn't going around lying his head off about people and making vicious unprovoked attacks. There are far nastier and loopier things going around than spacejesus. And if you are going to start beating on someone just because they mentioned their desktop picture, well...I wonder what kind of response that is bound to get...?
Just sayin', as they say round these parts.
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SpaceJesus Sat, Feb 21, 2009 8:49:17am |
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SpaceJesus Sat, Feb 21, 2009 8:50:35am |
re: #716 HoosierHoops
Hey you piece of crap..you realize that the hoopster is now looking for you..
You'll never have a friend here in this corner...
did you really just call yourself "the hoopster"
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Syrah Sat, Feb 21, 2009 11:56:29am |
re: #717 Jimmah
You are correct and I was out of bounds as well.
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