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Harry Tuttle Wed, Mar 11, 2009 7:59:51pm |
LNDT, I have nothing to say!
"beer and wings in hot pants"
Basically.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:01:38pm |
Surf & Turf! Where is Paul Bunnions ox, Ol' Blue?
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:01:43pm |
Why when I read the headline did I have a sudden itch in particular area?
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:02:19pm |
re: #2 Harry Tuttle
Let's hope. Giant killer threads are far more interesting!
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Harry Tuttle Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:02:22pm |
re: #3 unclassifiable
Trust us.
We're the press.
/
Adam ant
We are guilty, we are beyond hope
We beg to differ, we are a terminal case
Press darlings, press darlings, press darlings
Press darlings, press darlings
We depress the press, darlings
We're on the outside, but we're not looking in
We are the vaseline gang, don't play your little games
Press darlings, press darlings, press darlings
Press darlings, press darlings
We depress the press, darlings
And if evil be the food of genius
There aren't many demons around
If passion ends in fashion
Nick kent / bushell is the best-dressed man in town
Are we different? - no
We are exactly the same
There are no boxes for us
The ones you love to hate - so read on!
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unclassifiable Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:02:27pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:02:59pm |
I especially liked the fake NYT quote. It's exactly the kind of wrong-headed blather that they crap out.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:03:27pm |
They were clearly not around the Village in the '70s.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:04:02pm |
I loved how they used Jeff Goldblum as the dissenting scientist. Reminded me of Jurassic Park.
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:04:19pm |
re: #9 Dark_Falcon
I especially liked the fake NYT quote. It's exactly the kind of wrong-headed blather that they crap out.
Like this? Israel stance was undoing of nominee
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:04:30pm |
This IS a fitting thread to be crabby on, anyway.
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Mich-again Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:04:53pm |
re: #9 Dark_Falcon
I especially liked the fake NYT quote. It's exactly the kind of wrong-headed blather that they crap out.
That was Jeff Goldblum who made that quote or one just like it in "Jurassic Park" I believe.
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:05:25pm |
re: #11 Sharmuta
I loved how they used Jeff Goldblum as the dissenting scientist. Reminded me of Jurassic Park.
Or The Fly. ph3re teh arthr0podz!
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Racer X Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:06:28pm |
re: #11 Sharmuta
I loved how they used Jeff Goldblum as the dissenting scientist. Reminded me of Jurassic Park.
Independence Day.
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Gearhead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:07:03pm |
They pose NO threat? I need to call an old girlfriend and apologize...
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:07:08pm |
re: #16 Zimriel
It was Goldburg's character that stated messing with life in such a way would have repercussions, and it was he that was shown correct. Having watched the movie within the last few months, I found that exchange where he lodges his complaint to be highly interesting.
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ratherdashing Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:07:08pm |
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:07:35pm |
In the vein of the Alec Baldwin "Schwettie Balls" SNL kit. The puns never stop coming, as we are about to witness in this thread!
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Jetpilot1101 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:07:43pm |
I would not be one bit surprised if Obama and his band of flunkies held a press conference and announced such a plan. The ineptitude of this White House makes Jimmy carter look like a genius.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:07:48pm |
New Kimber grips installed. Very pretty. I mean... er, fookin' A cool. (Sounds more macho.)
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:08:03pm |
I saw a commercial on TV just now.
It ended in a website. It's like The Onion, except I have a sneaking suspicion these people believe their satire:
Kiss your easily-available electricity at (somewhat) affordable rates goodbye. Obama's insane leftist kook base is on the march.
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Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:08:05pm |
But can the US produce enough dipping butter to allow for this kind of development?
Maybe a congresscritter will be able to get an earmark in the next Goosing Stimulus bill to fund a study.
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:08:14pm |
I liked the "coming up" headline. "Farty Hostage Released From Captivity"
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:08:25pm |
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:08:43pm |
But, it must be said, if giant, razor-clawed crabs did propose a problem then naturally women and minorities would be hardest hit.
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:09:22pm |
I wasted pretty much the whole evening at [Link: www.newgrounds.com....] All thanks to PZ "pharyngula" Myers... who sent me hither.
narwhals! narwhals...
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DisturbedEma Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:09:45pm |
re: #25 Jetpilot1101
I would not be one bit surprised if Obama and his band of flunkies held a press conference and announced such a plan. The ineptitude of this White House makes Jimmy carter look like a genius.
my dad is spinning in his grave right now z'l
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Racer X Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:09:47pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:10:08pm |
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:10:20pm |
re: #25 Jetpilot1101
Heh. While ago, I asked if it was too much that Obama at least rise to Carter's level of incompetence.
That was intended as sarcastic humor. It's now become an honest request.
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Dar ul Harb Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:10:31pm |
The giant acid-spitting crabs are doing the jobs Americans just won't do!
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DisturbedEma Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:10:34pm |
re: #31 razorbacker
But, it must be said, if giant, razor-clawed crabs did propose a problem then naturally women and minorities would be hardest hit.
Snicker. . .yeah, the villian may change, but the victims stay the same. . .
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:10:47pm |
re: #29 Bobblehead
I liked the "coming up" headline. "Farty Hostage Released From Captivity"
I thought the Miss March thing was a joke until they showed the trailer.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:11:22pm |
re: #38 irongrampa
Heh. While ago, I asked if it was too much that Obama at least rise to Carter's level of incompetence.
That was intended as sarcastic humor. It's now become an honest request.
No- he doesn't have it in him
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:11:29pm |
re: #26 Occasional Reader
New Kimber grips installed. Very pretty. I mean... er, fookin' A cool. (Sounds more macho.)
Did it come with the grips, or did you have to pay extra when you downloaded a book?
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:12:39pm |
"I am so tired of these naysayers..."
Spoken like an Obamaton.
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:13:20pm |
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:13:36pm |
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Ayeless in Ghazi Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:13:42pm |
So it's ok to laugh at giant crab-breeders now? Is that what LGF has come to?
//
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GOPManHatTanIte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:13:43pm |
The Onion's take on Chas Freeman's exit: WARNING EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
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jaunte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:13:43pm |
re: #45 Walter L. Newton
Some of those Russian novels have pretty strong recoil.
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Dar ul Harb Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:14:09pm |
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GOPManHatTanIte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:14:30pm |
damn tried to embed that Kramer rant video...oh well
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:14:33pm |
re: #51 jaunte
Some of those Russian novels have pretty strong recoil.
The French prose always misfires.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:14:35pm |
re: #33 Zimriel
I wasted pretty much the whole evening at [Link: www.newgrounds.com....] All thanks to PZ "pharyngula" Myers... who sent me hither.
narwhals! narwhals...
Narwal's ivory tusks have gotten then the nickname "unicorns of the sea". Sadly, like all unicorns, they heard BHO and felt a tingle in their flukes.
//
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:15:24pm |
re: #27 OldLineTexan
I saw a commercial on TV just now.
It ended in a website. It's like The Onion, except I have a sneaking suspicion these people believe their satire:
Kiss your easily-available electricity at (somewhat) affordable rates goodbye. Obama's insane leftist kook base is on the march.
The Left has all the cool graphics designers, unfortunately. I assume they run their servers on nothing but their cool awesomeness.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:15:35pm |
re: #49 Jimmah
So it's ok to laugh at giant crab-breeders now? Is that what LGF has come to?
//
OBSESSED with mocking of species! Those people at LGF are all specieists!
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Jetpilot1101 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:15:46pm |
re: #38 irongrampa
Heh. While ago, I asked if it was too much that Obama at least rise to Carter's level of incompetence.
That was intended as sarcastic humor. It's now become an honest request.
Obama and his bunch of bumbling buffoons are just too tired to achieve that. You'll have to settle for a level of incompetence not seen since Caligula sent a horse to the senate.
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Dar ul Harb Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:16:16pm |
re: #57 karmic_inquisitor
OBSESSED with mocking of species! Those people at LGF are all specieists!
Or specious at the very least.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:16:19pm |
re: #51 jaunte
Some of those Russian novels have pretty strong recoil.
Like Tolstoy's Anna Kalashnikova, for instance.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:17:11pm |
re: #32 Cognito
Lurking again? Just waiting for the chance to jump out and call us moronic idiots.
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Ward Cleaver Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:17:59pm |
They're obviously a product of intelligent design.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:18:00pm |
re: #57 karmic_inquisitor
OBSESSED with mocking of species! Those people at LGF are all specieists!
They forget that crabs are people too.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:18:20pm |
re: #61 Bubblehead II
Lurking again? Just waiting for the chance to jump out and call us moronic idiots.
And there we go.
I'll say again: If you want to be offended, I won't stop you.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:18:36pm |
re: #58 Jetpilot1101
Obama and his bunch of bumbling buffoons are just too tired to achieve that. You'll have to settle for a level of incompetence not seen since Caligula sent a horse to the senate.
Well, you could say that Obama is half of a horse. The back half, that is.
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Dar ul Harb Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:18:39pm |
/Results 1 - 10 of about 7,360,000 for facist. (0.10 seconds)
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:19:09pm |
re: #60 Occasional Reader
Like Tolstoy's Anna Kalashnikova, for instance.
Ever throw "The Brothers Karamazov" at someone?
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Ward Cleaver Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:19:09pm |
re: #66 Dark_Falcon
Well, you could say that Obama is half of a horse. The back half, that is.
The south end of a horse going north.
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Last Mohican Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:19:21pm |
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:20:24pm |
re: #39 Dar ul Harb
The giant acid-spitting crabs are doing the jobs Americans
just won't dowill soon be forced to do!
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:20:38pm |
re: #70 Last Mohican
Look, another left-wing propaganda site is having a poll where you can grade Obama's performance.
"would that be poor, fair, good, or baaa"
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:20:45pm |
re: #61 Bubblehead II
Lurking again? Just waiting for the chance to jump out and call us moronic idiots.
re: #65 Cognito
And there we go.
I'll say again: If you want to be offended, I won't stop you.
Enough! Dianna had the good idea to leave the arguments on the thread they start on. This should be a fun thread, not a flame war.
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:21:18pm |
re: #58 Jetpilot1101
He cannot fail too soon for me. The quicker we can rid ourselves of this incompetent Marxist the better, and begin repairing the damage already done.
Hopefully, the magnitude of their failure will ensure that the secular progressives who've co-opted the classic liberal definition will be consigned to roam the wilderness for eons to come.
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:21:57pm |
re: #68 karmic_inquisitor
Ever throw "The Brothers Karamazov" at someone?
A crime that deserves punishment to be sure
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:22:05pm |
Lets see, bioengineered crabs, capable of solving puzzles, highly inteliigent. Will probably exterminate all signs of man and his legacy, declare that Crab evolved from the ether and that was no such thing/it/creator as Man.
Could happen, ya know
(do I need a sarc tag?)
better put one in, just in case.
///
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:22:31pm |
re: #70 Last Mohican
Look, another left-wing propaganda site is having a poll where you can grade Obama's performance.
Jaysus...just voted "Poor" and found that 59% of my fellow citizens say "Excellent" or "Good." Inherent flaw of Democracy.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:22:53pm |
re: #73 Dark_Falcon
Yup.
Speaking of which: I'm amazed that SNL hasn't hired away the Onion's writers. They're consistently funnier than their network cousins.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:23:56pm |
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:24:20pm |
re: #78 JohnAdams
MSNBC ran one also, and surprisingly The One got shithammered.
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unclassifiable Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:03pm |
You know there may be some redeeming qualities in these crabs.
Can they be trained to only attack politicians?
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:18pm |
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:45pm |
'By their works ye shall know them.'
Obama victory bash owes city $1.74 mil.
Chicago has yet to recoup the $1.74 million cost of President Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park -- despite a burgeoning $50.5 million budget shortfall that threatens more layoffs and union concessions.
"The Democratic National Committee has not yet paid us,'' Peter Scales, a spokesman for the city's Office of Budget and Management, said Thursday after questions from the Chicago Sun-Times. "We're reaching out to them this week."
Stacie Paxton, a spokeswoman for the Obama-controlled DNC, explained the reimbursement delay by saying, "We are still looking at various costs and bills.'' She would not say whether parts of the bill are disputed.
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:25:52pm |
re: #78 JohnAdams
Jaysus...just voted "Poor" and found that 59% of my fellow citizens say "Excellent" or "Good." Inherent flaw of Democracy.
I am surprised you had the choice. Surely the options would be
Messianic
Amazingly Incredible
Excellent
Pretty bloody good
wash your mouth out with soap.
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CapeCoddah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26:08pm |
re: #83 irongrampa
MSNBC ran one also, and surprisingly The One got shithammered.
Did they take that down and hide it or leave it up?
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Neutral President Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26:16pm |
re: #83 irongrampa
I'm surprised that MSNBS didn't memory hole it.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26:16pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26:33pm |
re: #75 Dianna
I was thinking of these comments too:
I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility... for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you want to sell it!
And:
Don't you see the danger, John, inherent in what you're doing here? Genetic power is the most awesome force the planet's ever witnessed, yet you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26:46pm |
re: #84 unclassifiable
Happy thought!
The august halls of Congress, filled with scurrying politicians, hotly pursued by annoyed crabs!
Better yet, hotly pursued by annoyed constituents!
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:26:57pm |
re: #87 A Kiwi Infidel
I am surprised you had the choice. Surely the options would be
Messianic
Amazingly Incredible
Excellent
Pretty bloody good
wash your mouth out with soap.
Assuming my vote was actually tabulated is a big reach.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:28:16pm |
Let's make this a philosophy thread.
OK. Question: If a flatus were to drift into an empty forest, would it still smell good to its owner?
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:28:34pm |
re: #66 Dark_Falcon
Well, you could say that Obama is half of a horse. The back half, that is.
Ah say, Ah say, that lad is the south end of a north bound mule.
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:28:38pm |
re: #84 unclassifiable
You know there may be some redeeming qualities in these crabs.
Can they be trained to only attack politicians?
They were being slated to, uh, work on Detroit...
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:28:39pm |
re: #92 Sharmuta
Indeed.
Those were taken straight from the book, and I wonder if MC didn't think pretty seriously about those points.
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Last Mohican Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:28:42pm |
re: #78 JohnAdams
Jaysus...just voted "Poor" and found that 59% of my fellow citizens say "Excellent" or "Good." Inherent flaw of Democracy.
Well, not really, just 59% of CNN.com visitors. And considering that CNN.com is a left-wing Obamamania site that was visited mainly by mindless Obamatons just a few short months ago, I'd call that progress.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:29:17pm |
re: #84 unclassifiable
You know there may be some redeeming qualities in these crabs.
Can they be trained to only attack politicians?
Maybe. We could start a collection to have their inventor send 50 of them to DC. Then have Obama give a speech to welcome them...
/kidding
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Last Mohican Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:30:12pm |
re: #90 ArchangelMichael
I'm surprised that MSNBS didn't memory hole it.
It was weird, wasn't it?
My guess is that poll somehow got put on the Luap Nor hit list. No internet poll could survive that. Maybe they'll get word of this CNN one too.
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newsjunkie_ky Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:30:17pm |
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:30:20pm |
re: #100 jaunte
Asian or european flatus?
Hmmmmm. I had not considered the framing of the question on cultural lines.
I hope this doesn't start a frame war.
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:30:48pm |
re: #95 karmic_inquisitor
Let's make this a philosophy thread.
OK. Question: If a flatus were to drift into an empty forest, would it still smell good to its owner?
If Earth Firsters wail in the forest and no one is there to laugh at them, is it still funny?
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pat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:31:32pm |
Hmmmm. I would love those boiled and served with Mayo.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:31:34pm |
re: #98 Dianna
Indeed.
Those were taken straight from the book, and I wonder if MC didn't think pretty seriously about those points.
Oh- I think the entire story hinges on those two points. (Haven't read the book, but it's certainly true of the movie)
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:31:56pm |
re: #65 Cognito
You don't offend me. You amuse me. I like watching you squirm when you are called on your B.S. Are you sure that you are just a shill for the MSM and not a career politician?
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:32:05pm |
I think the real hero in Jurassic Park was the lawyer.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:32:37pm |
re: #104 karmic_inquisitor
Hmmmmm. I had not considered the framing of the question on cultural lines.
I hope this doesn't start a frame war.
Are you feeling some gilt?
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:32:38pm |
re: #107 Sharmuta
Oh- I think the entire story hinges on those two points. (Haven't read the book, but it's certainly true of the movie)
Excellent read.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:33:59pm |
So.
Girl Scout Cookies.
Got a case on Monday. They are now all gone.
So goes the annual Girl Scout Cookie ritual in the Karmic Lair.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:34:25pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:34:31pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:34:41pm |
re: #111 Bobblehead
I'm so far behind on my reading list, it's not funny. Then another book pops up and I can't wait to read it and it jumps ahead of other books on the list and I'm still behind! It doesn't help that I took a break from my heavier reading to re-enjoy the Potter books at Christmas and LOTR after that. Oh, well. It was a great break with great books.
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:34:45pm |
re: #113 karmic_inquisitor
So.
Girl Scout Cookies.
Got a case on Monday. They are now all gone.
So goes the annual Girl Scout Cookie ritual in the Karmic Lair.
You eat cookies like I drink beer.
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yesandno Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:35:14pm |
re: #110 Cognito
Are you feeling some gilt?
Are you refering to the fact that karmic_inquisitor is golden?
/"better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak and remove all doubt." Sure that applies to blogging as well.
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unclassifiable Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:35:29pm |
My apologies to Tennesseans but...
... one of my favorite Onion articles of all time.
/The Onion scrubbed that one from the archives
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:35:29pm |
re: #92 Sharmuta
I was thinking of these comments too:
A theme which goes back to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:35:36pm |
re: #113 karmic_inquisitor
So.
Girl Scout Cookies.
Got a case on Monday. They are now all gone.
So goes the annual Girl Scout Cookie ritual in the Karmic Lair.
Your favorite? Mine are Samoas with the ever popular Thin Mints a close second.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:36:09pm |
re: #118 yesandno
Are you refering to the fact that karmic_inquisitor is golden?
Or is k_i molesting British treasury bills again?
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jaunte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:36:11pm |
re: #114 Walter L. Newton
Gravy is lumpyImage: Lumpy_Gravy.jpg
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:36:18pm |
re: #113 karmic_inquisitor
So.
Girl Scout Cookies.
Got a case on Monday. They are now all gone.
So goes the annual Girl Scout Cookie ritual in the Karmic Lair.
Dang. I ordered three boxes at least two months ago. No delivery yet.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:37:02pm |
re: #118 yesandno
Are you refering to the fact that karmic_inquisitor is golden?
/"better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak and remove all doubt." Sure that applies to blogging as well.
Hmm. If you're joining in the pun-fest, I think I've missed it.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:37:18pm |
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DisturbedEma Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:37:25pm |
re: #86 razorbacker
'By their works ye shall know them.'
So- check carefully documents about the fucking party. . .BUT that spend stim spend?
Push it through on a wing and a pig's ear. . .Farkin hell
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unclassifiable Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:37:26pm |
re: #93 Dianna
Politicians hotly pursued by annoyed constituents riding giant acid spitting crabs.
/better stop before I get the 3 AM knock
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:37:43pm |
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Racer X Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:37:47pm |
re: #78 JohnAdams
Jaysus...just voted "Poor" and found that 59% of my fellow citizens say "Excellent" or "Good." Inherent flaw of Democracy.
Yeah but you can reload the page and vote again.
Over and over and over.
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yesandno Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:37:58pm |
re: #125 Cognito
Hmm. If you're joining in the pun-fest, I think I've missed it.
As you did on the original post....
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:38:09pm |
re: #124 JohnAdams
Dang. I ordered three boxes at least two months ago. No delivery yet.
I bought a bunch for Operation Cookie Drop.
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:38:18pm |
re: #116 Sharmuta
I'm so far behind on my reading list, it's not funny. Then another book pops up and I can't wait to read it and it jumps ahead of other books on the list and I'm still behind! It doesn't help that I took a break from my heavier reading to re-enjoy the Potter books at Christmas and LOTR after that. Oh, well. It was a great break with great books.
Reading, reading. Just keep reading.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:38:41pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:39:11pm |
re: #5 jcm
Why when I read the headline did I have a sudden itch in particular area?
*moving quickly to the FAR side of the room*
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Ayeless in Ghazi Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:39:24pm |
re: #11 Sharmuta
All "Jurassic Park" demonstrated was that a nature park with a combination of corrupt technicians and poor fencing is going to to fail. The fact that this particular nature reserve contained dinosaurs is irrelevant. Better fencing, decent staff - problem solved.
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Ward Cleaver Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:39:54pm |
re: #33 Zimriel
I wasted pretty much the whole evening at [Link: www.newgrounds.com....] All thanks to PZ "pharyngula" Myers... who sent me hither.
narwhals! narwhals...
My all-time favorite movie at Newgrounds (first saw this soon after 9/11:
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:07pm |
re: #132 jcm
Just in for a moment --
th' heck with your turtles, it's gonna be crabs all the way up!
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:17pm |
re: #132 jcm
I bought a bunch for Operation Cookie Drop.
Very cool. I will order up ten more for the fighting men and women.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:25pm |
re: #135 pre-Boomer Marine brat
*moving quickly to the FAR side of the room*
You can tell GOTC you've found a new use for a cat.
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:40pm |
re: #121 Bobblehead
Your favorite? Mine are Samoas with the ever popular Thin Mints a close second.
Thin Mints.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:47pm |
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:40:55pm |
re: #136 jcm
LOL!
Nice grips BTW.
You've about convinced me a Kimber will be my next acquisition.
Good - they're just the greatest.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:41:25pm |
re: #137 Jimmah
All "Jurassic Park" demonstrated was that a nature park with a combination of corrupt technicians and poor fencing is going to to fail. The fact that this particular nature reserve contained dinosaurs is irrelevant. Better fencing, decent staff - problem solved.
LOL!
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:41:33pm |
re: #136 jcm
LOL!
Nice grips BTW.
You've about convinced me a Kimber will be my next acquisition.
Excellent. Buy American.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:41:42pm |
re: #143 realwest
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
Everyone's got the giant crabs but we're donating Thin Mints to the troops!
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:41:47pm |
re: #136 jcm
LOL!
Nice grips BTW.
You've about convinced me a Kimber will be my next acquisition.
I really like my Tactical.
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:02pm |
re: #119 unclassifiable
My apologies to Tennesseans but...
... one of my favorite Onion articles of all time.
/The Onion scrubbed that one from the archives
They scrubbed this one too, but thankfully restored it: Everyone Involved In Pizza's Preparation, Delivery, Purchase Extremely High
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:08pm |
re: #143 realwest
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
Hi, rw - I'm doing great, and I am talking about nothing of consequence.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:08pm |
re: #136 jcm
LOL!
Nice grips BTW.
You've about convinced me a Kimber will be my next acquisition.
I don't like the fact that you can't use SD cards with it and you are stuck with the 2 gigs that are built in.
Bad move, IMHO.
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jaunte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:50pm |
re: #151 Walter L. Newton
But it does come with two magazines.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:55pm |
re: #137 Jimmah
All "Jurassic Park" demonstrated was that a nature park with a combination of corrupt technicians and poor fencing is going to to fail. The fact that this particular nature reserve contained dinosaurs is irrelevant. Better fencing, decent staff - problem solved.
Also, as a backup plan, more guns. Street sweepers loaded with 000 buck for the raptors, and a couple of those .700 Nitro rifles available for the T.Rex.
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:56pm |
re: #143 realwest
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
Realwest! Hope you are doing great..Leno is really funny tonight!
/ok..the writers
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:42:57pm |
re: #141 jcm
TH' PAIN!
Lemme crawl up off th' floor!
*GASP*
That was hilarious!
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:07pm |
re: #151 Walter L. Newton
I don't like the fact that you can't use SD cards with it and you are stuck with the 2 gigs that are built in.
Bad move, IMHO.
Spoken as a true techy!
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:12pm |
re: #134 Cognito
Sorry. Which are you referring to?
Cognito, cool it! There must something wrong with you today. Bringing up that that thread is like a button that has "push this button and you will be shocked" written on it. Most people would stop pushing the button after they get jolted two or three times, but you just keep right on pushing away.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:13pm |
re: #131 yesandno
As you did on the original post....
Paraphrased from Galaxy Quest-
Yesandno: I will just go and reason with the Cogulan
Crew Member Red Shirt Sixma: Do you even READ the posts? Sure, he seems rational now, but soon, he'll start asking questions about things you never posted, make you quote things that he will ignore. . .and then, the worst part. . . .
Phaser blast
hey, I WAS a red shirt. . .
Do NOT enter into a blog post with Cog without checking your sanity at the door
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:16pm |
re: #146 Occasional Reader
Excellent. Buy American.
Springfield.
Smith & Wesson.
Have been my new purchases.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:33pm |
re: #152 jaunte
But it does come with two magazines.
Which ones? I thought you can order what you want?
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:36pm |
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:39pm |
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:47pm |
re: #147 JohnAdams
Uh, I don't have crabs, Giant or otherwise, but I like the idea of sending thin mints (Girl Scout, right?) or Samoa's to the troops!
Where do I sign up?!
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DisturbedEma Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:43:56pm |
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:44:33pm |
re: #157 Dark_Falcon
Cognito, cool it! There must something wrong with you today. Bringing up that that thread is like a button that has "push this button and you will be shocked" written on it. Most people would stop pushing the button after they get jolted two or three times, but you just keep right on pushing away.
What on earth are you talking about?
Seriously. Enough of this crap. Someone made a comment about a "frame war" -- a pun -- and so in like form I made a post about "feeling gilt."
How on earth, I ask you, is that offensive?
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jaunte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:44:35pm |
re: #161 Dianna
By the way, I picked up a very lightly used Eclipse of my own very recently.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:44:35pm |
re: #143 realwest
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
Cognito is being his usual contrary self.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:44:39pm |
re: #150 Dianna
Hi Diannah - glad to hear you're feeling great! And you always have something to say of consequence, so c'mon, GIVE!
:)
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:44:41pm |
re: #161 Dianna
Hey! I only got one!
I had to buy my extras.
Mine only came with one, which I found a little annoying.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:44:45pm |
re: #143 realwest
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
Crabs, (but don't tell your mom.)
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:44:58pm |
I thought the point of Jurassic Park was to always keep a T Rex handy.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:45:31pm |
re: #162 Occasional Reader
I prefer the upgraded line, the Strategic.
/sniff
Here, have some of my meltaway zinc tabs. And a tissue.
/
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:45:39pm |
re: #159 jcm
Springfield.
Smith & Wesson.
Have been my new purchases.
Lots of Springfields these days appear to be made in Brazil.
(Not that I have anything against Brazil, mind you... heavens, no.)
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:45:45pm |
re: #143 realwest
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
Well, you missed an in depth discussion on the topic of facial skin care on the last thread. I know, I know. You'll never forgive yourself for signing in so late. We can sum up if you'd like.
I'll let Sharm give you the rest of the skinny.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:45:54pm |
re: #165 Cognito
What on earth are you talking about?
Seriously. Enough of this crap. Someone made a comment about a "frame war" -- a pun -- and so in like form I made a post about "feeling gilt."
How on earth, I ask you, is that offensive?
There you go, starting an argument again.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:03pm |
re: #166 jaunte
By the way, I picked up a very lightly used Eclipse of my own very recently.
Ooooh! Good for you!
How do you like it?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:08pm |
Dr. Mordock needs to invent giant vats of genetically engineered sauce next.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:14pm |
re: #165 Cognito
What on earth are you talking about?
Seriously. Enough of this crap. Someone made a comment about a "frame war" -- a pun -- and so in like form I made a post about "feeling gilt."
How on earth, I ask you, is that offensive?
You weren't being offensive. I'm sorry, I just got irked and lost my temper.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:15pm |
re: #154 HoosierHoops
Hi ya Hoops! Well Leno has a pretty fair staff of "crack joke writers" (as the late, great Johnny Carson called them) but he does have a great delivery!
Is he telling any jokes about Obama yet?
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:19pm |
re: #109 Occasional Reader
I think the real hero in Jurassic Park was the lawyer.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:19pm |
OK ok I assume the requisite case of the crabs jokes have been made?
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:22pm |
re: #170 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Crabs, (but don't tell your mom.)
I really, really hope these giant crabs aren't sexually transmitted.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:22pm |
Kinda disappointed there's been no thread (that I know of) regarding Marie Antoinette's abuse of the military with her asswit exploitation of the government supplied private airplane. And she's busting the chops of actual qualified American CEOs? We should have an LGF Bust-Up-Nancy Pelosi Day.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:46:55pm |
re: #155 pre-Boomer Marine brat
TH' PAIN!
Lemme crawl up off th' floor!
*GASP*
That was hilarious!
I always knew the durn things had to be good fer sumthing.
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jaunte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:03pm |
re: #176 Dianna
It's very smooth, almost broken in already when I bought it and 4 mags.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:14pm |
re: #161 Dianna
Hey! I only got one!
I had to buy my extras.
I got a bargain model ... some classy person took the Kimber mag out of the box. I have some Wilson Combats and some cheapies ... so far, no issues. I have not been brave enough to cram any of my $5 GI wonderment mags in it, though.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:17pm |
re: #182 LudwigVanQuixote
OK ok I assume the requisite case of the crabs jokes have been made?
Don't let that stop you.
/didn't stop me when I came in a minute ago
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Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:23pm |
re: #107 Sharmuta
Oh- I think the entire story hinges on those two points. (Haven't read the book, but it's certainly true of the movie)
Its worth the read.
Good for when you want a break from the serious without wonder to far into the frivolous.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:32pm |
re: #164 DisturbedEma
Hi {DisturbedEma} - how are ya tonight?
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:32pm |
re: #168 realwest
Hi Diannah - glad to hear you're feeling great! And you always have something to say of consequence, so c'mon, GIVE!
:)
While chatting here, I wrote three pages of my re-write. This means that my brain is wrung out, and I'm living in two worlds at once.
But I got lots of help on skin care routines from the lady lizards, and some folks mentioned some make up ideas that I shall use.
Otherwise, I got nuthin'!
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:35pm |
re: #115 Dark_Falcon
Not a problem. I will not attempt provoke him further. Since his firs/last banning he isn't any fun anymore anyway.
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:47:36pm |
Where are the crews from the Deadliest Catch when they're needed?
Sig Hansen and the Hillstrand brothers could handle these crabs!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:02pm |
re: #183 Sharmuta
I really, really hope these giant crabs aren't sexually transmitted.
I ain't touchin' that!
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:04pm |
re: #173 Occasional Reader
Lots of Springfields these days appear to be made in Brazil.
(Not that I have anything against Brazil, mind you... heavens, no.)
I only buy original Springfield. It's a little large for a pistol ...
/
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karmic_inquisitor Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:04pm |
re: #143 realwest
Good evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?
It started as a crab bisque stirred with a CNN poll which was soon transformed into Borscht and then someone farted in a forest and Girl Scout Cookies appeared. All while vague recollections of the prior thread came forward and receded, adding to the surrealism.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:05pm |
re: #190 realwest
Hi {DisturbedEma} - how are ya tonight?
Twins just got over their colds. . .I am ragged! You? How are you, sweetie?
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:15pm |
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Ayeless in Ghazi Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:16pm |
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:30pm |
re: #169 Occasional Reader
Mine only came with one, which I found a little annoying.
Yes, it seems wrong, somehow, to spend over $1000 for a gun and get one lousy magazine. My nasty cheapo Ruger came with two.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:40pm |
re: #185 jcm
I always knew the durn things had to be good fer sumthing.
Is she in the room?
Has she seen that?
*gasp gasp*
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:40pm |
re: #193 Kosh's Shadow
Where are the crews from the Deadliest Catch when they're needed?
Sig Hansen and the Hillstrand brothers could handle these crabs!
Sig would definitely put the smack on 'em.
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:43pm |
re: #147 JohnAdams
Everyone's got the giant crabs but we're donating Thin Mints to the troops!
Whoops..against the rules to send chocolate overseas to the troops..
But..I can post everything you can send them.. And if you go to the post office you can buy those boxes for 8.95 and stuff them as heavy as you want to send to Iraq. or anywhere..When our boy was in Iraq we sent a package every other day..Soon we got an email..For God's sakes tell mom to stop sending me underwear! please!
You run out of ideas to send after a while..but never love...
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:50pm |
re: #177 EmmmieG
Dr. Mordock needs to invent giant vats of genetically engineered sauce next.
No, next he needs to invent a ray gun that will stop Barack Obama from acting like a fool. It'll be the most powerful weapon in the world. It would be called the Clue Ray.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:48:56pm |
re: #174 Bobblehead
Well, you missed an in depth discussion on the topic of facial skin care on the last thread. I know, I know. You'll never forgive yourself for signing in so late. We can sum up if you'd like.
I'll let Sharm give you the rest of the skinny.
?!?
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:49:01pm |
re: #192 Bubblehead II
Not a problem. I will not attempt provoke him further. Since his firs/last banning he isn't any fun anymore anyway.
Oh, come now. I'm the same boy I've always been.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:49:11pm |
re: #155 pre-Boomer Marine brat
TH' PAIN!
Lemme crawl up off th' floor!
*GASP*
That was hilarious!
Criminy...
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:49:37pm |
re: #189 Syrah
Its worth the read.
Good for when you want a break from the serious without wonder to far into the frivolous.
I'm more of a non-fiction girl, so a lot of books like Jurassic Park just never make my reading list. I find reality is often stranger than fiction. But if I ever get caught up, I'll check it out.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:49:41pm |
re: #186 jaunte
It's very smooth, almost broken in already when I bought it and 4 mags.
How are you liking the trigger action? After my Ruger, it was such a pleasure to have that light pull, and the increase in accuracy was noticeable.
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Occasional Reader Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:49:52pm |
re: #187 OldLineTexan
I got a bargain model ... some classy person took the Kimber mag out of the box. I have some Wilson Combats and some cheapies ... so far, no issues. I have not been brave enough to cram any of my $5 GI wonderment mags in it, though.
I think putting bad mags in a good pistol is like putting cheap tires on a Porsche. Kind of defeats the purpose. Stick to the Wilsons. (High end Kimber mags are also really nice.)
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:50:18pm |
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:50:30pm |
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:50:45pm |
re: #163 realwest
Uh, I don't have crabs, Giant or otherwise, but I like the idea of sending thin mints (Girl Scout, right?) or Samoa's to the troops!
Where do I sign up?!
See post #140, sir.
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yesandno Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:50:52pm |
re: #165 Cognito
What on earth are you talking about?
Seriously. Enough of this crap. Someone made a comment about a "frame war" -- a pun -- and so in like form I made a post about "feeling gilt."
How on earth, I ask you, is that offensive?
Golden, just golden.....
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:51:03pm |
re: #207 JohnAdams
Criminy...
Go back up and look at the video jcm tossed at me.
(It's in the context of goddess' and my cat-versus-dog "fights")
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:51:18pm |
re: #184 JohnAdams
Hey, I'll drink (soda) to That. Bitch wants one of 5 G-5 USAF "luxury jets" ON MEMORIAL DAY - ya know, cause she supports the troops - perish forbid any injured or incapcitated Troops get to ride in that luxury jet.
Bitch.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:51:36pm |
re: #183 Sharmuta
I really, really hope these giant crabs aren't sexually transmitted.
That thought had not even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:52:18pm |
re: #217 Dianna
That thought had not even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
It obviously was a job meant for a sharmuta. ;)
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:52:24pm |
re: #216 realwest
Hey, I'll drink (soda) to That. Bitch wants one of 5 G-5 USAF "luxury jets" ON MEMORIAL DAY - ya know, cause she supports the troops - perish forbid any injured or incapcitated Troops get to ride in that luxury jet.
Bitch.
I'm sure she penned one in for herself in the new spending bill she has in the pipeline
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:52:35pm |
re: #201 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Is she in the room?
Has she seen that?
*gasp gasp*
You can have all the honors!
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:52:41pm |
re: #105 Radicchio ad Absurdum
If Earth Firsters wail in the forest and no one is there to laugh at them, is it still funny?
This is serious right? Crikey, I thought this was a set up. Nutters, stark raving nutjobs
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:53:09pm |
re: #179 realwest
Hi ya Hoops! Well Leno has a pretty fair staff of "crack joke writers" (as the late, great Johnny Carson called them) but he does have a great delivery!
Is he telling any jokes about Obama yet?
No..not about Obama yet..I'll need to call Buzzsawmonkey..I know a limo driver that claims he lives on the upper east side and is chief of staff for the tonight show's Jay Leno staff..Let him deny it all he wants..It's all a ruse.. *wink*
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:53:10pm |
re: #214 yesandno
Golden, just golden.....
I saw that, yes, but to be honest it's not really a pun...
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:53:16pm |
I'll side with the squirrel carrying the violin case on this one.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:53:38pm |
re: #196 karmic_inquisitor
It started as a crab bisque stirred with a CNN poll which was soon transformed into Borscht and then someone farted in a forest and Girl Scout Cookies appeared. All while vague recollections of the prior thread came forward and receded, adding to the surrealism.
Adding to the surrealism? Whoa, those musta been some really good mushrooms y'all was eating before you got to the crab bisque etc! LOL!
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:53:44pm |
re: #210 Occasional Reader
I think putting bad mags in a good pistol is like putting cheap tires on a Porsche. Kind of defeats the purpose. Stick to the Wilsons. (High end Kimber mags are also really nice.)
The $5 GI mags are V-N issue ... they are the real deal. However, since they lack all the bumpers and stuff, I have hesitated to ram them in.
But I do really enjoy the way the Wilson Combats leap outta that magazine well ...
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jaunte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:54:02pm |
re: #209 Dianna
Feels quite smooth to me, but the only thing I had to compare it to was my father's Springfield.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:54:24pm |
re: #197 DisturbedEma
I'm doing ok, thanks - glad to hear that the twins are over whatever they had - bet you'll sleep well tonight!
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:54:34pm |
re: #221 A Kiwi Infidel
This is serious right? Crikey, I thought this was a set up. Nutters, stark raving nutjobs
They take themselves seriously, yes . . .Me? Not so much.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:54:37pm |
re: #203 HoosierHoops
Whoops..against the rules to send chocolate overseas to the troops..
But..I can post everything you can send them.. And if you go to the post office you can buy those boxes for 8.95 and stuff them as heavy as you want to send to Iraq. or anywhere..When our boy was in Iraq we sent a package every other day..Soon we got an email..For God's sakes tell mom to stop sending me underwear! please!
You run out of ideas to send after a while..but never love...
Thanks! I will follow the channels. I've heard the troops like flea collars (seriously). That right?
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:54:47pm |
re: #210 Occasional Reader
I think putting bad mags in a good pistol is like putting cheap tires on a Porsche. Kind of defeats the purpose. Stick to the Wilsons. (High end Kimber mags are also really nice.)
I've never had a misfeed. Over-enthusiastic ejection of the brass, yes, but never a misfeed.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:54:48pm |
re: #181 Zimriel
How about "White and Nerdy"
bonus points to anyone who can name the equation in the background when he's dancing. It's actually a real equation.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:54:59pm |
re: #184 JohnAdams
Kinda disappointed there's been no thread (that I know of) regarding Marie Antoinette's abuse of the military with her asswit exploitation of the government supplied private airplane. And she's busting the chops of actual qualified American CEOs? We should have an LGF Bust-Up-Nancy Pelosi Day.
A web seat on C-130 will cure here PDQ.
| 234 |
MandyManners Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:55:14pm |
Has anyone posted the links that IF posted in the previous thread?
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:55:22pm |
re: #184 JohnAdams
Kinda disappointed there's been no thread (that I know of) regarding Marie Antoinette's abuse of the military with her asswit exploitation of the government supplied private airplane. And she's busting the chops of actual qualified American CEOs? We should have an LGF Bust-Up-Nancy Pelosi Day.
I recall a story about a guy called...razorfronter...who, seeing 6 nice bucks flushed from a thicket that wasn't supposed to hold but one, was unable to chose just one target and thus missed all targets.
Give it time, her turn will come.
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esch Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:55:22pm |
re: #221 A Kiwi Infidel
This is serious right? Crikey, I thought this was a set up. Nutters, stark raving nutjobs
I tell them 'You're perfectly free to go live naked in teh forest if you want. Just give me your stuff first."
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:55:56pm |
re: #200 Dianna
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:04pm |
re: #224 pre-Boomer Marine brat
I'll side with the squirrel carrying the violin case on this one.
Always a wise decision!
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:21pm |
re: #232 LudwigVanQuixote
How about "White and Nerdy"
[Video]bonus points to anyone who can name the equation in the background when he's dancing. It's actually a real equation.
Schrödinger equation IIRC my quantum.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:23pm |
re: #215 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Go back up and look at the video jcm tossed at me.
(It's in the context of goddess' and my cat-versus-dog "fights")
I did see it! Hilarious. Did you happen to pick up which language that was in?
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yesandno Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:25pm |
re: #221 A Kiwi Infidel
This is serious right? Crikey, I thought this was a set up. Nutters, stark raving nutjobs
Have no fear, the screams attracted the bears and they are now a part of nature....
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Irish Rose Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:27pm |
Good evening, lizards!
Just in from a pleasant night at the pub and my traditional Irish music session, where I spent the evening sipping good hard cider and grinding out tunes. We had some surprise guests drop in tonight around 8pm, the good folks from Beoga.
Beoga is currently one of the top Irish trad bands in the world, and they're in town to perform at our pub tomorrow night. They decided to show up an evening early to join in the session, and we jammed with them for over two hours. I even spent some time rubbing shoulders with Damian McKee, one of the top button accordion players in Ireland.
The entire evening was just f*cking brilliant, what an awesome experience.
So... we're talking about crabs tonight, eh?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:30pm |
re: #220 jcm
You can have all the honors!
I just got the youtube link and saved it.
Thanks! I owe you for a couple of em now!
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:40pm |
re: #205 realwest
?!?
It was decided a simple skin care regimen seems to be favored by most lady lizards. Stay out of the sun and don't run your moped off a cliff, thus requiring emergency dermabrasion. Oh and there was a discussion between Sharm and Cog. I was a little late to that thread so I can't speak to all the details.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:50pm |
re: #203 HoosierHoops
Huh? Why is it against the rules to send chocolate to the troops?
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:56:52pm |
re: #227 jaunte
Feels quite smooth to me, but the only thing I had to compare it to was my father's Springfield.
Well, have fun. I adore my Eclipse.
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:57:10pm |
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:57:41pm |
re: #242 yesandno
Have no fear, the screams attracted the bears and they are now a part of nature....
We are back to lumpy farts again, are we?
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Zimriel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:57:52pm |
re: #232 LudwigVanQuixote
How about "White and Nerdy"
[embedding disabled by request]
bonus points to anyone who can name the equation in the background when he's dancing. It's actually a real equation.
All About The Pentiums is classic too. It's been on rotation for me since a decade ago.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:58:19pm |
re: #246 realwest
Huh? Why is it against the rules to send chocolate to the troops?
It melts...makes your uniform all yucky, and it's hell on the receiver group on your M-16...)
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:58:21pm |
re: #240 jcm
Schrödinger equation IIRC my quantum.
You rock! That would be the radial form of the equation! You sir get to hang with the uber nerds!
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:58:26pm |
re: #216 realwest
Hey, I'll drink (soda) to That. Bitch wants one of 5 G-5 USAF "luxury jets" ON MEMORIAL DAY - ya know, cause she supports the troops - perish forbid any injured or incapcitated Troops get to ride in that luxury jet.
Bitch.
That bitch and her husband have more money than most countries. She's an asshole without a body.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:58:28pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:58:53pm |
re: #241 JohnAdams
I did see it! Hilarious. Did you happen to pick up which language that was in?
No. I haven't any idea.
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esch Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:59:32pm |
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:59:33pm |
re: #243 Irish Rose
Good for you. So, you'll be on a high? Just dont let no troll come along and stuff it all up for you.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 8:59:54pm |
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Bobblehead Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:15pm |
re: #254 JohnAdams
That bitch and her husband have more money than most countries. She's an asshole without a body.
OH boy, that whole thing really pisses me off. Can you imagine the stink if that had been a Republican?
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:16pm |
re: #253 LudwigVanQuixote
You rock! That would be the radial form of the equation! You sir get to hang with the uber nerds!
I practically had to tattoo equations on my eyelids to make it through.
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:18pm |
re: #237 realwest
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
As before noted, I'd have to develop a better class of enemy, as none of the current crop deserve to be shot with so fine a weapon.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:18pm |
re: #237 realwest
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
Not after you've shot it. Trust me, I used to think the same way, until the day I fired a Kimber.
I used to pine like a puppy over it in the display case. The day I got it, though it had to stay at the store until the next week, they let me take it on the range, and I shot extraordinarily well, even for me. It was the first time I took my Male to the range with me (we'd only been dating a week at that point), and I think I impressed him.
25 yards, and you could cover the group with your fist. That was my first time out with my Kimber.
It was worth every penny.
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:36pm |
re: #261 pre-Boomer Marine brat
That will make you go blind.
/so I was told
You cant kid me, you have a braille keyboard, right?
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:42pm |
re: #206 Cognito
This is true. Egotistical and evasive as ever. But you still refuse to answer a direct question. Just for the record. Are you a shill for the msm or a politician?
/ Inquiring minds want to know
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:45pm |
re: #235 razorbacker
I recall a story about a guy called...razorfronter...who, seeing 6 nice bucks flushed from a thicket that wasn't supposed to hold but one, was unable to chose just one target and thus missed all targets.
Give it time, her turn will come.
An apt metaphor, sir.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:52pm |
re: #259 esch
Self abuse.
Shweet.
The threads have been a little goofy tonight, first we had the saber saw sex toy accident and now more self abuse...
I was not aware of the D/s dimension here...
:)
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Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:00:52pm |
re: #208 Sharmuta
I'm more of a non-fiction girl, so a lot of books like Jurassic Park just never make my reading list. I find reality is often stranger than fiction. But if I ever get caught up, I'll check it out.
My taste range very wide. I am getting more discriminating as I get older. It becomes more and more a mater of what do I have time to indulge myself with.
Fiction is nice for escape and distraction when the cares of the day get rough and intense, or for when for sanities sake I just have to step back from the screaming cacophony of the world for a timeout.
I just received my copy of the Conflict of Visions so that is what I will be dedicating the next couple of days to. It is not the type of book that is for fast reading. I find myself stopping in parts to think about the implications of what he is saying. Its the kind of book the reminds of my days back in college where I would have to read through a book once quickly and then twice again slowly to savor its full flavor.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:01:00pm |
re: #237 realwest
Are you kidding me - you spent over a GRAND for a 1911 model .45 caliber pistol? Regardless of who made it or what the grips are like, that's waaay too much dinero to spend on a handgun!
Eh, mine was $800, but someone had swiped the magazine out of the case.
And I will have to respectfully disagree. An upper-end Kimber is fitted and tricked out very close to a custom pistol ... and a real custom 1911 will run you $2K and up.
Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones.
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Ateam Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:01:09pm |
Must tell the truth - never eating crabs in my life. But on d other side - never consumer what yo called serials 4 breakfast. Nor the horrible england form of nourishing' at morning, with potatoes & some meat-lefts-packed-down-horizontal.
Sausages? Hot-Dogs barking amid sun rising? Blind tarantula dancing naked at Madagascar shore?
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:01:15pm |
re: #266 A Kiwi Infidel
You cant kid me, you have a braille keyboard, right?
And a Braille Screen.........(falls off chair at own joke)
[time to go home]
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:01:22pm |
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:01:37pm |
re: #263 jcm
I practically had to tattoo equations on my eyelids to make it through.
Lol, I remember studying for my qualifier... I still have nightmares.
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yesandno Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:07pm |
re: #223 Cognito
I saw that, yes, but to be honest it's not really a pun...
You assumed it was a pun. I wasn't on any other thread this evening, was just commenting on the post you made to k-i.
Now we know why, in the e'n'd, your name is Cognito and not Cogito.....
/punny now?
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:15pm |
When I'm in doubt about the shit that life throws at me, I turn to THE MOST EXCELLENT PRE-POST-MODERN PHILOSOPHERS IN THE SOUTH.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:19pm |
re: #256 jaunte
Thanks. Next step is concealed carry permit.
Good luck on that. I live in the wrong county to even think about that.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:21pm |
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:24pm |
re: #274 OldLineTexan
But it will be graded.
You're looking for a job in quality control, right?
There's one going at the "Brazillians R us" clinic down the road.
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Cognito Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:29pm |
re: #267 Bubblehead II
Ah, yes. "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:34pm |
re: #243 Irish Rose
Warming up for The Great Day, March 17th.
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:42pm |
re: #230 JohnAdams
Thanks! I will follow the channels. I've heard the troops like flea collars (seriously). That right?
OMG the stories we heard about those F'n sand fleas! You know what the Marines bought a ton of doing the Fallujah battle..Silly string..Could not get enough for the 3/5 Marines..we sent special packages.
The Marines would bust into an unknown doorway and spray it in the air..The string would land on the trip wires..and show them the trip wires..Saved alot of our Marines.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:02:56pm |
re: #266 A Kiwi Infidel
You cant kid me, you have a braille keyboard, right?
I'll not comment about that
/because the first three I thought of were ... well ... uh ... never mind
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:03:07pm |
re: #275 LudwigVanQuixote
Lol, I remember studying for my qualifier... I still have nightmares.
My wife would say I would mumble in my sleep then suddenly stop. I'd wake up and be able to solve the problem I was working on.
Nightmares is right.
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A Kiwi Infidel Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:03:08pm |
re: #277 MandyManners
When I'm in doubt about the shit that life throws at me, I turn to THE MOST EXCELLENT PRE-POST-MODERN PHILOSOPHERS IN THE SOUTH.
I'll have to come back on that.
Gotta go.
Night Lizards.........
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:03:34pm |
re: #252 Dustyvet
Huh. That's funny, I don't remember any Army issued chocolate EVER melting!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:03:56pm |
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:04:15pm |
re: #258 realwest
Cool - but PLEASE stop calling me sir!
I got ya'! It's outta respect, and habit. I'll stick with plain "real."
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yesandno Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:04:15pm |
re: #249 A Kiwi Infidel
We are back to lumpy farts again, are we?
I almost added that to the post....now I see, you got the message anyway! I live in the mountains of North Carolina and I am sure that is where this was filmed....and there are bears!
: )
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:04:54pm |
re: #272 Ateam
Must tell the truth - never eating crabs in my life. But on d other side - never consumer what yo called serials 4 breakfast. Nor the horrible england form of nourishing' at morning, with potatoes & some meat-lefts-packed-down-horizontal.
Sausages? Hot-Dogs barking amid sun rising? Blind tarantula dancing naked at Madagascar shore?
Sweetie? We already have a resident mad genius incomprehensible blank-verse poet in residence.
(This is a joke.)
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:11pm |
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:16pm |
re: #290 pre-Boomer Marine brat
WAAAHHHH!
I missed it!
Unfortunately, it didn't miss her though which resulted in some interesting injuries.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:17pm |
re: #280 A Kiwi Infidel
You're looking for a job in quality control, right?
There's one going at the "Brazillians R us" clinic down the road.
Quality? I would rather die.
/really
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:20pm |
re: #289 realwest
Army chocolate MELT? You could reinforce a building with that crap.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:25pm |
re: #286 jcm
My wife would say I would mumble in my sleep then suddenly stop. I'd wake up and be able to solve the problem I was working on.
Nightmares is right.
What was your field again JCM? Dear lord, I still do that!
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:33pm |
re: #290 pre-Boomer Marine brat
WAAAHHHH!
I missed it!
Power tool sex toy lands woman in hospital
SOME sexual experimentation landed an American woman in a hospital with injuries tough to imagine and even more difficult to forget.The Maryland woman was flown to hospital on Monday after she was injured in the incident involving a sex toy attached to a sabre saw blade, according to NBCWashington.com.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:34pm |
re: #270 Syrah
I'm almost through the evolution book I'm reading, and next I'm tackling Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative, which is a short read. Then I'll be on to the Sowell, so we can compare notes. There are a lot of books I'd like to reread, but if I did, I'd never get through my book list! Although I do know exactly what you mean. I gain more and more each time I reread the Potter books and LOTR. I know they're fiction, but they're so well written that you can pick up on things you missed the first time through, or the second or third time. To me, that's what makes a great book- you want to reread it again and again.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:05:42pm |
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:03pm |
re: #279 Dustyvet
On a sliding scale
/S
Not on the curve? I like being graded on the curve!
/oh, wait!
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:14pm |
re: #298 LudwigVanQuixote
What was your field again JCM? Dear lord, I still do that!
My degree is Bio-Chem, but I work in EE designing test hardware.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:14pm |
re: #289 realwest
Huh. That's funny, I don't remember any Army issued chocolate EVER melting!
Not the army stuff, while i was in Vietnam, a friend sent me a box of Hershey Bars for Christmas, what she sent and what the Army Postal system deleivered...well you get the idea...:)
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srb1976 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:19pm |
re: #200 Dianna
Yes, it seems wrong, somehow, to spend over $1000 for a gun and get one lousy magazine. My nasty cheapo Ruger came with two.
What model Ruger.... I've been fairly happy with my P-90....something I should know?
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:34pm |
re: #285 MandyManners
Lord, I can't change.
Many of us don't want you to- we like you the way you are.
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:39pm |
re: #293 Dianna
Pardon me but, I like Ateam. Some power there.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:06:46pm |
re: #295 Radicchio ad Absurdum
Unfortunately, it didn't miss her though which resulted in some interesting injuries.
*covers eyes*
*starts to cover mouth ... but not quickly enough*
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:03pm |
re: #246 realwest
Huh? Why is it against the rules to send chocolate to the troops?
oh real..No perishable foodstuffs can go overseas..We sent alot of canned tuna..lots of protein food..hard candies...I have the list I can email you..
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:26pm |
re: #286 jcm
My wife would say I would mumble in my sleep then suddenly stop. I'd wake up and be able to solve the problem I was working on.
Nightmares is right.
I have anxiety dreams involving chorus lines of numbers.
It's not pretty.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:35pm |
re: #303 jcm
My degree is Bio-Chem, but I work in EE designing test hardware.
Ahhh, you know the difference between a physicist and an Engineer?
The engineer gets an extra zero on the paycheck...
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:52pm |
re: #302 Dianna
Not on the curve? I like being graded on the curve!
/oh, wait!
Uhm uh, uh...er...Doh!
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:07:58pm |
re: #304 Dustyvet
Not the army stuff, while i was in Vietnam, a friend sent me a box of Hershey Bars for Christmas, what she sent and what the Army Postal system deleivered...well you get the idea...:)
Reminds me that when my father was in WWII, because he didn't smoke, he'd trade his cigarettes for chocolate bars from the ration packs.
He got sick of chocolate.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:08:36pm |
re: #312 Dustyvet
Uhm uh, uh...er...Doh!
I stole that retort from the old classic:
Sexual harassment will not be tolerated.
However, it will be graded.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:08:37pm |
re: #265 Dianna
OhKay then. I've never shot that tight a group with a .45 in my life, so I'll take your obviously expert word on it!
BTW, you do know, of course, that if you shoot a .45 at someone and even just hit him or her in the arm, they are gonna go DOWN, right?!
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:08:59pm |
re: #310 Dianna
I have anxiety dreams involving chorus lines of numbers.
It's not pretty.
The most vivid nightmare was walking into a classroom and everyone is frantically working on a surprise test.
I get my paper... it was calculus with biology terms.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:09:19pm |
hey Night Honcos! It was Frikkin' Cold in Near Iowa today.
Do we know who these "so-called" experts are and how can they be sure about these "alleged" crabs?
How are you-all and what are we talking about tonite?
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MandyManners Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:09:22pm |
re: #306 Sharmuta
Many of us don't want you to- we like you the way you are.
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:09:55pm |
True story-Basic at Ft Dix, in December, we got fed in the field, half cooked chicken, barely warm, diced dehydrated potatoes and some thing they called green beans--supposedly.
The kicker was the dessert. this was a day that the temp was 20 degrees, They served us ICE CREAM.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:10:05pm |
re: #318 jcm
The most vivid nightmare was walking into a classroom and everyone is frantically working on a surprise test.
I get my paper... it was calculus with biology terms.
I used to get the dream where you have a class you "forgot", and suddenly show up for the final exam.
Not any longer. No more anxiety dreams.
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Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:10:22pm |
re: #317 Killgore Trout
Luddites!
Its not that I am against evolving, its just that I think that everything has gone strait down hill since our ancestors left the oceans.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:10:22pm |
re: #311 LudwigVanQuixote
Ahhh, you know the difference between a physicist and an Engineer?
The engineer gets an extra zero on the paycheck...
LOL!
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:10:50pm |
re: #323 OldLineTexan
I used to get the dream where you have a class you "forgot", and suddenly show up for the final exam.
Not any longer. No more anxiety dreams.
Seven years out of grad school and I still have that one.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:10:58pm |
re: #305 srb1976
What model Ruger.... I've been fairly happy with my P-90....something I should know?
I'd have to dig it out of the safe, it's just a very, very basic .45.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:11:15pm |
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:11:26pm |
A scientist asks "Why?"
An engineer asks "How?"
An AEROSPACE engineer asks "You want fries with that?"
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:11:33pm |
re: #271 OldLineTexan
"Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones." Well I'm not arguing for cheap guns, but jeebus if I'd a shot you with my Army issued .45 (long before the Army went to the wussy 9mm) you'd be just as dead as if I'd shot you with a Kimber.
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Irish Rose Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:11:46pm |
re: #282 JohnAdams
Warming up for The Great Day, March 17th.
We started warming up for it last month, about the same time that the St. Patricks Day keg order went off to the beer distributor.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:11:46pm |
re: #307 MandyManners
Pardon me but, I like Ateam. Some power there.
I was joking, Mandy. Though more coherent typing wouldn't bother me.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:11:47pm |
My email today or yesterday from Capitalism Magazine was chock full of good articles (as usual). I actually had the time to read some of them (not as usual). I linked a few, but this one is quite good. Written in 2002 it deserves to be re-read. I think it might make a good companion to the Troll Hammer.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:11:51pm |
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:12:22pm |
re: #326 Radicchio ad Absurdum
Seven years out of grad school and I still have that one.
It goes away; I don't know why or how. I finished grad school in '94 ... I cannot recall the last time I suffered through that dream.
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:12:22pm |
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:12:25pm |
re: #324 Syrah
Its not that I am against evolving, its just that I think that everything has gone strait down hill since our ancestors left the oceans.
Be patient. In a few generations we can be genetically modified to return to the oceans if you want. We'll have to do something about those pesky sharks though.
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Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:12:45pm |
re: #329 OldLineTexan
A scientist asks "Why?"
An engineer asks "How?"
An AEROSPACE engineer asks "You want fries with that?"
. . . and the poor slob sweating over the grill in the back is the one with a Political Science Degree.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:13:19pm |
re: #316 realwest
OhKay then. I've never shot that tight a group with a .45 in my life, so I'll take your obviously expert word on it!
BTW, you do know, of course, that if you shoot a .45 at someone and even just hit him or her in the arm, they are gonna go DOWN, right?!
That is rather the point.
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Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:13:30pm |
re: #337 Killgore Trout
Be patient. In a few generations we can be genetically modified to return to the oceans if you want. We'll have to do something about those pesky sharks though.
Everything will be fine if we can eat them.
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:13:39pm |
re: #331 Irish Rose
We started warming up for it last month, about the same time that the St. Patricks Day keg order went off to the beer distributor.
Lets drink to the Irish! You bring the beer, I'll bring the Dublin phone book...:)
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:13:46pm |
re: #329 OldLineTexan
A scientist asks "Why?"
An engineer asks "How?"
An AEROSPACE engineer asks "You want fries with that?"
An Optimist sees a glass half full
a Pessimist sees a glass half empty
an Engineer sees a glass twice as big as it need to be...
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:13:55pm |
re: #329 OldLineTexan
A scientist asks "Why?"
An engineer asks "How?"
An AEROSPACE engineer asks "You want fries with that?"
Six years ago here in Dallas it was the Telecom engineers asking that.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:13:57pm |
re: #291 JohnAdams
Thank you! I know your motives were fine, but it just makes me feel older than I am!
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:14:28pm |
re: #323 OldLineTexan
I used to get the dream where you have a class you "forgot", and suddenly show up for the final exam.
Not any longer. No more anxiety dreams.
I was working on a project turning a multipage schematic provided by an engineer for a board to go into a million dollar piece of hardware. Mistakes can be expensive. I couldn't get the pages to reconcile or compile in the CAD program we use.
Finally figure it out. Typo, some pages he used a dash - on others a em dash – .
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Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:14:34pm |
re: #344 realwest
Thank you! I know your motives were fine, but it just makes me feel older than I am!
And boy is he old...:)
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srb1976 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:14:40pm |
re: #338 Syrah
. . . and the poor slob sweating over the grill in the back is the one with a Political Science Degree.
Actually, In my neck of the woods, the aerospace guys are the ones who still have cushy jobs (less than an hour's drive from Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:14:50pm |
re: #342 HoosierHoops
An Optimist sees a glass half full
a Pessimist sees a glass half empty
an Engineer sees a glass twice as big as it need to be...
And Who sees that the glass is always full --liquid + air = full glass?
Artist? Philosopher?
;0
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:15:24pm |
re: #330 realwest
"Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones." Well I'm not arguing for cheap guns, but jeebus if I'd a shot you with my Army issued .45 (long before the Army went to the wussy 9mm) you'd be just as dead as if I'd shot you with a Kimber.
A military issue 1911A1 will cost you more than my Kimber. I've had one or two over the years. Plus, I can actually hit stuff with it. ;)
And the Chinese copy is close to crap.
I have this thing against high-pressure chemical reactions going off within arm's reach of my face and other parts I value. A good firearm relieves that worry.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:15:26pm |
re: #297 irongrampa
Indeed you could! Man some of that chocolate coulda been used to build a fricking bridge!
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:15:29pm |
re: #310 Dianna
I have anxiety dreams involving chorus lines of numbers.
It's not pretty.
The biggest stress I ever had was back when I was doing string theory. I was working on page 170 or so of what ended up being a 212 page calculation. I got some stuff that really really just did not look right.
I went to my advisor and asked him what he thought was going on with it. He poked through it a bit, and because he had endless experience from those types of calculations, he went back to about page 40 or so.
He found the error because he had an idea about what the overall "shape" of the terms should look like. I later learned that trick, but I was still a newbie then.
I had miss-copied a factor of i. I lost over 100 pages of now meaningless work.
I cried. I had the grace to go to my office and do it quietly, but I cried.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:16:26pm |
re: #330 realwest
"Quality firearms are worth the money. One good pistol is better than four cheap ones." Well I'm not arguing for cheap guns, but jeebus if I'd a shot you with my Army issued .45 (long before the Army went to the wussy 9mm) you'd be just as dead as if I'd shot you with a Kimber.
That is making the assumption that you'd hit the target with the Army issue.
Excuse my silliness.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:17:05pm |
re: #352 srb1976
That would be a chemist...right?
NO CLUE? I think it would be in the sciences somewhere, but the person who told me was more into philosophy.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:17:18pm |
re: #299 jcm Hey JCM! I'm ROTFLMAO at that story! I mean I'm sorry she got hurt, but still - geez!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:17:31pm |
REALWEST--how you doin' tonite? Still having nightmares?
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:17:37pm |
Flossing monkeys 'proof' animals teach tool use
Thai monkeys have been observed showing their young how to floss -- proof primates teach offspring to use tools, a Japanese researcher said Wednesday.
"I was surprised because teaching techniques on using tools properly to a third party are said to be an activity carried out only by humans," Professor Nobuo Masataka of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute told AFP.
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Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:18:41pm |
re: #347 srb1976
Actually, In my neck of the woods, the aerospace guys are the ones who still have cushy jobs (less than an hour's drive from Marshall Space Flight Center)
Glad to hear. Hope they weather the economic crunch well.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:18:56pm |
re: #336 avanti
I'm as urban as they come. I wouldn't call myself a collector, but I fancy guns. I don't like hunting, mostly because it involves killing the cute.
Guns are a defence from a lot of things. Especially when you're a smallish female.
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jaunte Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:19:06pm |
re: #336 avanti
I just appreciate them as fine machines that will last much longer than any of the other machines that I have to buy. The 'very fast rock throwing' aspect is a bonus.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:19:09pm |
I'm out of here for the evening.
Good night all!
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:19:30pm |
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BatGuano Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:20:02pm |
re: #359 Dianna
I'm as urban as they come. I wouldn't call myself a collector, but I fancy guns. I don't like hunting, mostly because it involves killing the cute.
Guns are a defence from a lot of things. Especially when you're a smallish female.
Heinlein: An armed society is a polite society.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:20:09pm |
re: #336 avanti
Many on the left dislike arms of any kind. To them, disarmament is something you always push for because it is good in and of itself. Thus they hate weapons. Also, self-defense involves self-reliance, which most on the left are hostile to. They want people dependent on the state.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:20:46pm |
re: #355 realwest
Hey JCM! I'm ROTFLMAO at that story! I mean I'm sorry she got hurt, but still - geez!
It's a head shaker alright. Power tools and ........... what are some people thinking?
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:21:35pm |
re: #336 avanti
Ummm. Just a shot in the dark, but perhaps it is that those of us on the right don't expect the government aka the police to be there to cover our ass when the shit hits the fan. A point many Federal Courts have made in the past.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:21:43pm |
re: #309 HoosierHoops
Please do when you get the chance Hoops! I remember a buddy of mine of Italian heritage and his mom always sent him a Salami and a Pepperoni and home-baked Italian bread wrapped in tin-foil. Rest of the guys (not from anyplace where Italians lived in any significant numbers) would turn their nose up at it but we'd woof it down in nothing flat.
Strange how clearly I remember that - and that somehow the bread was always still fresh, too.
Damn, now I'm hungry! LOL!
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:21:56pm |
re: #331 Irish Rose
We started warming up for it last month, about the same time that the St. Patricks Day keg order went off to the beer distributor.
You've got The Great Day, followed closely by Opening Day, and then soon after The Masters. Ta-da...Spring!
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:22:09pm |
re: #336 avanti
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
I was a Dem when I bought my gun. As soon as was legal, I exercised my rights to vote, and bear arms.
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OldLineTexan Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:22:09pm |
A lot of leftists are totemists ... they ascribe powers to objects. The gun is an object of killing power, and is feared as a corrupter of normally "peaceful" people.
They are, of course, completely and utterly bonkers.
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:22:12pm |
re: #365 jcm
It's a head shaker alright. Power tools and ........... what are some people thinking?
Well thank God a circular saw wasn't involved..
or a?......
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:24:01pm |
re: #359 Dianna
I'm as urban as they come. I wouldn't call myself a collector, but I fancy guns. I don't like hunting, mostly because it involves killing the cute.
Guns are a defence from a lot of things. Especially when you're a smallish female.
I get the fancy part, I was into them many years ago, but not since I retired. I did keep a 9 MM in my stereo store, but that was purely a defense thing. Now that I think about my store manager was a gun lover, and he lived in the suburbs too.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:24:51pm |
re: #322 irongrampa Oh I can believe it! Wow, I did Basic and Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Dix in November, December, January and February - 68-69 - when where you there?
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:25:39pm |
re: #336 avanti
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
I defer the the Dean of Firearms,
"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons."
"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
—Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334
Liberty and the First Amendment are inextricably linked.
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MJ Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:26:08pm |
The NYT just published an article on the Freeman matter.
The article blames the "Israel Lobby".
The article does not mention Freeman's lobbying on behalf of the Saudis.
The article does not mention his being paid by the Saudis.
The article does not mention the opposition to Freeman by Chinese dissent groups in the US.
The article is what you would expect from the Jew-hating New York Times.
Israel Stance Was Undoing of Nominee for Intelligence Post
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:27:00pm |
re: #367 realwest
Please do when you get the chance Hoops! I remember a buddy of mine of Italian heritage and his mom always sent him a Salami and a Pepperoni and home-baked Italian bread wrapped in tin-foil. Rest of the guys (not from anyplace where Italians lived in any significant numbers) would turn their nose up at it but we'd woof it down in nothing flat.
Strange how clearly I remember that - and that somehow the bread was always still fresh, too.
Damn, now I'm hungry! LOL!
Those are the rules Real..There is a slight chance that Parents of Marines might have broke those rules..I never saw it happen....Really...Never happens.
You have to declare on the bill of laden what is in the box at the post office..always tell the truth..
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:27:15pm |
re: #364 Dark_Falcon
Many on the left dislike arms of any kind. To them, disarmament is something you always push for because it is good in and of itself. Thus they hate weapons. Also, self-defense involves self-reliance, which most on the left are hostile to. They want people dependent on the state.
Many, maybe, but not all. I'd suspect that a lifelong city slicker may never have thought of owning a gun, and thus suspect something they don't understand.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:27:25pm |
re: #374 jcm
I defer the the Dean of Firearms,
"Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons."
"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized."
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."
—Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334Liberty and the First Amendment are inextricably linked.
A beauty. Going right up on my wall.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:27:45pm |
re: #346 Dustyvet Hey there y'all, just shush yo mouth! You're older than I am!
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:27:52pm |
re: #121 Bobblehead
Your favorite? Mine are Samoas with the ever popular Thin Mints a close second.
I like Samoas, but the Lemon Chalet things are growing on me.
(Yes, I've seen a doctor...)
My husband likes the Thin Mints, frozen.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:27:55pm |
I think the topic of guns boils down to one thing --choice. In this country we, as individuals, have the choice to be armed or not. It is not the case in other countries.
Moonbats only want the choice to complain when Mommy doesn't bring dinner down to the basement fast enough.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:28:49pm |
re: #339 Dianna
Yes that is rather the point; the other point being you don't have to shoot tight shot groups to be effective with a .45 either.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:29:07pm |
re: #375 MJ
It will be interesting if Rupert Murdoch succeeds in purchasing the Times . . . .
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:29:09pm |
Growing up, weapons were such a fact of life I never gave it a second thought. Wasn't until I met my wife and her parents that the idea that they WEREN'T a fact of life reared it's head. She, and they, thought guns were something civilized people didn't have around. Wifey was a city girl, and the years have seen a paradigm shift on her part.Now, while she yet won't shoot one, they're no longer a thing to be feared.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:29:33pm |
re: #383 realwest
Yes that is rather the point; the other point being you don't have to shoot tight shot groups to be effective with a .45 either.
But I like the thought of being extraordinarily effective.
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:29:53pm |
Until next time . . . Good Night all.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:29:55pm |
re: #232 LudwigVanQuixote
How about "White and Nerdy"
bonus points to anyone who can name the equation in the background when he's dancing. It's actually a real equation.
Once had my seventh graders ask me if my then-fiance was 'white and nerdy'. They thought I would be offended.
I told them that, indeed, all his action figures are cherry, and Stephen Hawking's in his library. (Both true.)
I got weird looks.
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:30:35pm |
re: #336 avanti
I'm not a 'gun guy'. I don't fetishize them, or spend quality alone time gently cleaning and oiling each perfect little spring and screw...wait, where was I going with this?...oh, yeah. I'm not a gun guy. Once I figured out that 0 at 25 yards meant 1.75 high at 100 yards meant 0 again at 200 yards and about 4.25 low at 300 yards I pretty much just quit learning.
Except for the wind. And gravity. And the breathing/heartbeat timing.
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JohnAdams Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:30:46pm |
'Night all. Gotta get some rest. Who knows what fresh atrocities await tomorrow (not a question).
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wiffersnapper Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:31:06pm |
Yes but it says NOTHING about crab-people!
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:31:12pm |
re: #246 realwest
Huh? Why is it against the rules to send chocolate to the troops?
Chocolate turns to soup in desert climes.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:31:13pm |
re: #336 avanti
Is it the urban/rural demographics split ?
Pretty much. People who live in large cities (New York, Chicago, LA, etc) have a different concept of guns than people who live in more rural or even suburban areas.
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MJ Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:31:15pm |
re: #384 ggt
It will be interesting if Rupert Murdoch succeeds in purchasing the Times . . . .
I really hate the NYT.
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:31:34pm |
re: #373 realwest
Nov Dec and Jan 61. I was in the 4th Training Rgt. We had the old wooden temp barracks from WW2--were they there in 68 yet?
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Ojoe Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:32:16pm |
re: #304 Dustyvet
We used to get Hershey "tropical" chocolate bars for the summer back pack trips with the Scouts in the 1960s, and they wouldn't melt. They were pretty hard and waxy , IIRC.
Good Night All.
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:32:21pm |
re: #381 SanFranciscoZionist
I like Samoas, but the Lemon Chalet things are growing on me.
(Yes, I've seen a doctor...)
My husband likes the Thin Mints, frozen.
He's a man of great "taste" then, cause I have a box in the freezer right now. (My wife just shakes her head)
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:32:25pm |
re: #349 OldLineTexan
"A military issue 1911A1 will cost you more than my Kimber." No Shit?
Damn that's the second weapon I shoulda kept when I got out.
I can't hardly believe that it is worth that much! I mean I do believe you, but wow.
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:33:49pm |
re: #370 OldLineTexan
A lot of leftists are totemists ... they ascribe powers to objects. The gun is an object of killing power, and is feared as a corrupter of normally "peaceful" people.
They are, of course, completely and utterly bonkers.
That makes sense. The old car hobby has some similar issues. A old car, needing restoration is a thing of beauty to me, while others want to pass laws saying I can't work on my own car in my yard. Their tools all fit in a kitchen drawer and don't understand the joy I have in fixing up a old car, so they want to pass a law banning it.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:34:25pm |
re: #389 razorbacker
I'm not a 'gun guy'. I don't fetishize them, or spend quality alone time gently cleaning and oiling each perfect little spring and screw...wait, where was I going with this?...oh, yeah. I'm not a gun guy. Once I figured out that 0 at 25 yards meant 1.75 high at 100 yards meant 0 again at 200 yards and about 4.25 low at 300 yards I pretty much just quit learning.
Except for the wind. And gravity. And the breathing/heartbeat timing.
Then you load a faster burning powder, a heavier grain round and start again.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:34:29pm |
re: #353 Dianna
That's not silliness - it is a good assumption! But would be a BAD bet to make!
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:34:45pm |
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:35:47pm |
re: #365 jcm
It's a head shaker alright. Power tools and ........... what are some people thinking?
OK here is a true story from the life of Quixote.
When I was an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins, I had by didnt of taking organic chemistry found that I had just completed a pre-medical requirement. It was not my goal to go to medical school, but I took orgo because I thought a well rounded scientist ought to have seen it.
Anyway, I now qualified to be able to follow a doctor around at Hopkins hospital for a day. I took the oppurtunity. I went to the ER.
Now Hopkins hospital is in a bad part of the world. There are a lot of gunshot wounds and serious tragedies that come through the ER. I saw a lot of very heavy stuff.
Then this gentleman comes in. He was middle aged and well dressed.
Now I must warn all lizards here is the time to skip over to some other post if you are squeemish.
He had a problem... His problem was that he had a phone reciever in his bottom and he could not get it out. I wasn't a modern one, it was one of the old fashiond kind, with the two knobs.
The doctor asked "How did that happen?"
He said he must have sat on it.
The doctor said "I completely understand, sometimes, I'm just walking around my house naked, and I will have accidently left the phone sitting upright on the couch, covered in vasoline and, well, I'll get careless and just flump down on it."
The man smiled sheepishly.
So he was put up on a gurney and they gave him a muscle relaxant. I was standing off and to the side. The head nurse told me that I definitely wanted to stand back behind the guy where she was.
This seemed counter-intuitve to me, but I knew enough to listen to the lady. I am glad she listened, because the guy's kink was not having the phone in his bottom - it was having it pulled out. He became "very happy" for want of a more polite metaphor.
I had never in my life been more disgusted or weirded out by anything I had ever seen up to that point.
The world is certainly full of interesting people.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:36:00pm |
re: #356 ggt Hey ggt! No, not after my afternoon medicinally induced nap today.
But who knows what adventures lie ahead for me tonight!
Hope you're doing well?!
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:36:39pm |
re: #388 SanFranciscoZionist
Once had my seventh graders ask me if my then-fiance was 'white and nerdy'. They thought I would be offended.
I told them that, indeed, all his action figures are cherry, and Stephen Hawking's in his library. (Both true.)
I got weird looks.
Pity you are married, I think I might need to propose at some point!
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:37:05pm |
re: #389 razorbacker
I'm not a 'gun guy'. I don't fetishize them, or spend quality alone time gently cleaning and oiling each perfect little spring and screw...wait, where was I going with this?...oh, yeah. I'm not a gun guy. Once I figured out that 0 at 25 yards meant 1.75 high at 100 yards meant 0 again at 200 yards and about 4.25 low at 300 yards I pretty much just quit learning.
Except for the wind. And gravity. And the breathing/heartbeat timing.
Nor do I use a Q tip to get the dust out of Studebaker grill molding, nor paint and detail every nut and bolt on the chassis, that would just be silly. s/
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:38:02pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:38:45pm |
re: #377 avanti
Many, maybe, but not all. I'd suspect that a lifelong city slicker may never have thought of owning a gun, and thus suspect something they don't understand.
That's why I used the words 'many' and 'most'. I know not to try to paint everyone with the same brush. I was simply attempting to describe the general principles I feel are at work on the left.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:38:48pm |
re: #336 avanti
OK, serious right/left question. Why are most of the big time gun fans on the right ? Is it the urban/rural demographics split ? I would guess most of you that love guns are hunters or at least have some place to shoot them other then a city range.
Don't take me as anti gun lib, I was interested enough to buy a few and enjoyed shooting at the range, but most of the serious collectors seem to be from the right.
BTW, most old car collectors lean right too, so it just might be the urban/rural thing again. BTW, my first gun might be collectible by now, if I'd kept it. It was a 60's Rugar Blackhawk 357 single action with a 10 inch barrel. Useless to me, but so cool.
I don't know. My father is a life-long Democrat, but he loves his guns, and would own a lot more if he made more money. He's an ex-cop, and a military history enthusiast, so that may explain some of it.
But yeah, I think the lack of woods to go shoot cans in makes a difference, be it party-linked or not. When I was a kid, my dad would take me shooting in the woods, but we had to pack a lunch and DRIVE to the woods. An hour each way. Not a casual activity.
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Ojoe Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:39:30pm |
re: #370 OldLineTexan
...ascribe powers to objects.
Another dodge of personal responsibility.
Good night all
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:39:44pm |
re: #410 Dark_Falcon
That's why I used the words 'many' and 'most'. I know not to try to paint everyone with the same brush. I was simply attempting to describe the general principles I feel are at work on the left.
I got that, and appreciate the narrow brush.
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swamprat Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:40:07pm |
re: #386 Dianna
But I like the thought of being extraordinarily effective.
Going to look at some of these, myself.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:40:27pm |
re: #364 Dark_Falcon
Spot on comment my friend. Spot on.
Although I WILL say that some of my former leftist friends carried without any qualms at all. The real disconnect is that the Left believes that if you take away every citizens' guns, then we'll have a safer society. And they are wrong cause crooks ain't givin' up, period. But for some reason the Left still beieves in that meme.
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Desert Dog Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:40:47pm |
When guns are outlawed....
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:41:57pm |
re: #409 avanti
Big time car guy. It's a hobby/business with me.
How cool..My dad is a big time car guy.. ( i like driving them) We worked for Ford Mongoose racing when I was a little kid..I used to sit in the garage and watch them build racing cars..I grew up about 20 minutes from Sears point..
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:42:38pm |
re: #384 ggt
It will be interesting if Rupert Murdoch succeeds in purchasing the Times . . . .
re: #384 ggt
It will be interesting if Rupert Murdoch succeeds in purchasing the Times . . . .
Yes, indeed. He might actually be able to save the NYT. Clean out the worst of the crazies there and focus it back on reporting the news.
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:42:56pm |
re: #418 HoosierHoops
How cool..My dad is a big time car guy.. ( i like driving them)
WeHe worked for Ford Mongoose racing when I was a little kid..I used to sit in the garage and watch them build racing cars..I grew up about 20 minutes from Sears point..
PIMF
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:43:08pm |
re: #407 LudwigVanQuixote
Pity you are married, I think I might need to propose at some point!
Why, I'll take that as a compliment!
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:43:11pm |
re: #375 MJ
Hey MJ - and iirc, NYT stock was selling at about $4.00 a pop - common shares with no real power over the content of the paper, either.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:43:35pm |
re: #405 LudwigVanQuixote
My first career was on the fire department.
Got a call one night. "Unknown Medical Emergency" was the dispatch. We queried the dispatch for more information. They said the caller refused to provide more information.
This should be interesting.
We get there and a naked guy opens the door holding a towel very awkwardly in front of his privates. He sits down on the couch and removes the towel. The beater brush attached for a vacuum is in his lap.
With his personal equipment wrapped around the brush.
Seems an intimate evening with the vacuum hose alone wasn't stimulating enough so he thought he might try something a little more interesting.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:44:07pm |
Just decided to jump in prior to hitting the rack. Reading through the thread it seems to have something to do with Cognito and crabs and then guns.
Avanti seems to wonder at the attraction to guns on the right vs. the left. My theory is pretty obvious, to me at least: lefty, the elite leadership aside who will be running the fantasy of course, is drawn like a moth to flame to the whole Utopian peace on earth, imagine if you will, thing. Guns obviously have no place in this construct. Gun ownership, and all it implies, cracks that bubble and that simply is not tolerable. Fantasy separated from reality is what separates the left from the right. Never challenge lefties reality, not if you know what is good for you.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:44:42pm |
re: #376 HoosierHoops
Well I wasn't a Marine, I was an Army infantryman and it was Vietnam - I suspect the rules have changed somewhat. Hell, they don't even have my old rank in the Army these days!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:44:55pm |
re: #419 Dark_Falcon
Yes, indeed. He might actually be able to save the NYT. Clean out the worst of the crazies there and focus it back on reporting the news.
I wonder if the journalists at the NYT would applaud --they might actually get to print something they could be proud of. I think there are some very good journalists there --those that actually deserve the professional title of "journalist". The problem is, IMHO, those who decide what is going to be printed.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:45:16pm |
re: #421 SanFranciscoZionist
Why, I'll take that as a compliment!
It was absolutely meant as one - also my Lizard queen, she who must be obeyed, would be agitated if I meant it any other way. :)
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Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:45:20pm |
re: #422 realwest
Hey MJ - and iirc, NYT stock was selling at about $4.00 a pop - common shares with no real power over the content of the paper, either.
When the NYT goes down to 5 cents a share I'm buying the whole operation..
Think I'll fire everybody..Hire all my crazy buddies and still make a million the first year..Ya with me? LOL
| 430 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:45:28pm |
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:46:12pm |
re: #408 avanti
Nor do I use a Q tip to get the dust out of Studebaker grill molding, nor paint and detail every nut and bolt on the chassis, that would just be silly. s/
Now chances are that we're not going to find ourselves trading Christmas cards, or swapping bubblegum between classes, but I am something of a Studebaker fan, myself.
And yes, I know that the back windows of the first run of Avantis would blow out at speed. I know that they overheat. I know that the R-2 Paxton superchargers were hard on the engines (and I know that neither the Stude's 289 or 352 had anything to do with Ford at all). I know all that.
But damn, I sure like the looks of that Lowery design.
| 433 |
realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:46:42pm |
re: #386 Dianna
ROFL! Touche! But if ever I need it, I'll take dead anyway I can get it!
;')
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:46:55pm |
re: #423 jcm
My first career was on the fire department.
Got a call one night. "Unknown Medical Emergency" was the dispatch. We queried the dispatch for more information. They said the caller refused to provide more information.
This should be interesting.
We get there and a naked guy opens the door holding a towel very awkwardly in front of his privates. He sits down on the couch and removes the towel. The beater brush attached for a vacuum is in his lap.
With his personal equipment wrapped around the brush.
Seems an intimate evening with the vacuum hose alone wasn't stimulating enough so he thought he might try something a little more interesting.
Yeah, the things people do.... My brother (an MD) had one come in who tried to "buff" himself with an electric buffer....
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:47:22pm |
re: #424 The Shadow Do
Avanti seems to wonder at the attraction to guns on the right vs. the left. My theory is pretty obvious, to me at least: lefty, the elite leadership aside who will be running the fantasy of course, is drawn like a moth to flame to the whole Utopian peace on earth, imagine if you will, thing. Guns obviously have no place in this construct. Gun ownership, and all it implies, cracks that bubble and that simply is not tolerable. Fantasy separated from reality is what separates the left from the right. Never challenge lefties reality, not if you know what is good for you.
This is because the right understands that human nature is relatively fixed- there will always be someone who will try to take advantage of others, and the means to prevent that is allowing for self protection.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:48:08pm |
Question...
The BNP party of Britain is a nationalist group, yes?
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:48:10pm |
re: #416 Desert Dog
When guns are outlawed....
Most of those are not surprising. The shocking one is Switzerland. The leftie group there wants to ban pump-actions. Once again, their language is that of 'disarmament'. Fools, all of them.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:48:16pm |
I should have added, for Avanti's benefit, that gun ownership and NASCAR have zip to do with rural vs urban. You are a woosie lib fantasist sheep, or you are not. I have lived in every possible political environment red, blue, purple, green or whatever. It is sense vs nonsense. simple.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:48:30pm |
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
Question...
The BNP party of Britain is a nationalist group, yes?
YES! Nasty little fascists.
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:48:41pm |
Is there any room here for us Mopar lovers?
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:49:20pm |
re: #415 realwest
re: #418 HoosierHoops
How cool..My dad is a big time car guy.. ( i like driving them) We worked for Ford Mongoose racing when I was a little kid..I used to sit in the garage and watch them build racing cars..I grew up about 20 minutes from Sears point..
Lucky kid you were. I've been collecting, restoring and recently racing old Studebakers. I like to collect the rarer supercharged models, but tend to sell them and start over when they are done.
| 443 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:49:27pm |
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
Question...
The BNP party of Britain is a nationalist group, yes?
So long as you're white, protestant, and your ancestors have been there since before the American Revolution? Yes.
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:49:43pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:49:45pm |
I teach in an urban area, though, and some of my kids like to shoot. They go to a local gun club and use the range there.
Apparently, once upon a time, we had a sort of improvised range in the basement of the damn school, that one of the priests put together for the campus gun club. I don't think we could get away with that these days, but we have talked about getting a school shooting club started, using other facilities. There's already a paintball club forming.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:50:15pm |
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
Question...
The BNP party of Britain is a nationalist group, yes?
That's a very polite way to put it, but yes.
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:50:28pm |
re: #395 irongrampa
Yep - that's where I was in Advanced Infantry Training! Coal stoves and all! LOL!
"hey Private realwest, this hears a pretend Vietnamese Village - how do you clear it of bad guys?"
"Well Sgt, I reckon I'd just follow those tracks in the snow and shoot wherever they ended!"
"Private realwest, drop and give me 50!"
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:50:33pm |
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
Question...
The BNP party of Britain is a nationalist group, yes?
They are a fascist group. They wrap themselves in the Union Jack, but they don't really believe in the British tradition of ordered liberty.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:50:46pm |
re: #440 Sharmuta
YES! Nasty little fascists.
Well, that's interesting. There is a story and some comment at Spencer's little place, and the first comment is in regards to the BNP winning elections and taking care of the muslim problem.
It looks like Robert is willing to just let everyone know that his site supports outright white racism.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:51:30pm |
re: #439 The Shadow Do
I should have added, for Avanti's benefit, that gun ownership and NASCAR have zip to do with rural vs urban. You are a woosie lib fantasist sheep, or you are not. I have lived in every possible political environment red, blue, purple, green or whatever. It is sense vs nonsense. simple.
Is it necessary to own guns and watch NASCAR to avoid being a woosie lib fantasist sheep?
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:51:59pm |
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
Question...
The BNP party of Britain is a nationalist group, yes?
Turning serious, they are the inheritors of the British brown shirts. They are xenophobic, racist, nationalistic, and quite simply fascist. They are currently focusing on hating mUslims, but they also hate Jews, Black people, and anyone who is not lilly white. They are mildly hostile to Catholics as well.
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:51:59pm |
re: #449 Walter L. Newton
Well, that's interesting. There is a story and some comment at Spencer's little place, and the first comment is in regards to the BNP winning elections and taking care of the muslim problem.
It looks like Robert is willing to just let everyone know that his site supports outright white racism.
That's not surprising.
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jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:51:59pm |
re: #441 irongrampa
Is there any room here for us Mopar lovers?
I have one of these, a lighter blue.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:52:32pm |
re: #450 SanFranciscoZionist
Is it necessary to own guns and watch NASCAR to avoid being a woosie lib fantasist sheep?
Nope. I've never watched NASCAR in my life.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:52:56pm |
re: #449 Walter L. Newton
Well, that's interesting. There is a story and some comment at Spencer's little place, and the first comment is in regards to the BNP winning elections and taking care of the muslim problem.
It looks like Robert is willing to just let everyone know that his site supports outright white racism.
After that Facebook group he joined, can there be any doubt?
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:53:10pm |
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:54:40pm |
re: #456 Dianna
robert's been tip toeing around the fascists for quite some time now. He may as well be open about it. He has no problem with them so long as they're "fighting islamization".
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:54:40pm |
re: #454 Dianna
Nope. I've never watched NASCAR in my life.
Why bother? The next turn will be towards the left.
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Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:54:59pm |
re: #451 LudwigVanQuixote
Mildly hostile to Catholics? Ha!
The anti-papist thing is very real in Britain. It's much worse than here in the States, and it's pretty virulent here.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:55:03pm |
Time to call it a night. Dark Falcon, Sorry that you felt the need to ding me down tonight. But hey, Shit happens.
L8R
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:55:26pm |
re: #430 jcm
All of Europe and unarmed victim zone!
Oh, not just firearms --dangerous video games too!
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realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:55:30pm |
re: #429 HoosierHoops
Ah, but iirc, it's the preferred shareholders (the Punch/Pinch family owns all of the preferred shares) who make all the editorial decisions. Save your money!
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The Shadow Do Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:55:31pm |
re: #450 SanFranciscoZionist
Is it necessary to own guns and watch NASCAR to avoid being a woosie lib fantasist sheep?
Nope, just know that when you denigrate those things that you are shoulder to shoulder with woosie fantasist sheep.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:55:44pm |
re: #455 Dark_Falcon
After that Facebook group he joined, can there be any doubt?
I'm not doubting anything. But Spencer keeps screaming about not being racist and yet this thread has 90 comments, and the BNP comment is the very first one.
He's had more than enough time to clean up that comment if he doesn't support that sort of thinking.
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irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:56:22pm |
re: #453 jcm
Sweet. I'm the proud owner of a brand new 68 RoadRunner, a clone of the one I bought in January of 69. Is yours a standard like that one? If so, it's a real rarity, amd would have to have been special ordered.
| 466 |
realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:56:46pm |
re: #431 irongrampa
Specialist 4! Same pay grade as a corporal. But Army now only has one grade of specialist - used to have spec 4's,5, and 6's when I was in.
| 467 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:57:32pm |
re: #457 Sharmuta
Careful - before we attribute to him what's said in the comments section, think how we resent it when people do that to Charles.
Until I've read that thread - and that won't happen until tomorrow - I won't have an opinion.
What Robert Spencer's up to, I cannot fathom. I'm deeply disturbed, but I want to be very careful.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:57:44pm |
re: #450 SanFranciscoZionist
Is it necessary to own guns and watch NASCAR to avoid being a woosie lib fantasist sheep?
re: #439 The Shadow Do
I should have added, for Avanti's benefit, that gun ownership and NASCAR have zip to do with rural vs urban. You are a woosie lib fantasist sheep, or you are not. I have lived in every possible political environment red, blue, purple, green or whatever. It is sense vs nonsense. simple.
Actually, it is not clear that owning firearms or not makes you a woosie liberal. Also, I think that urban vs. rural makes a big difference. I grew up in rural Pa. I mean schools got an extra day off for deer season. Everyone knew how to shoot.
You really will not see that in the typical suburban environment, and the inner city kids learn about weapons for different reasons entirely.
As to not liking guns. My great uncle was a Merril's Marauder. He was hardly a pansie woosie anything. He considered that one of the things he was fightin for was to prevent his kids from ever needing to have a gun. He said he had used them enough.
| 469 |
realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:58:20pm |
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
I believe all the evidence presented by Charles would indeed indicate that the BNP is a bunch of White Supremacists and Fascists.
| 470 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:58:31pm |
re: #459 Dianna
Mildly hostile to Catholics? Ha!
The anti-papist thing is very real in Britain. It's much worse than here in the States, and it's pretty virulent here.
You are quite correct, however, as far as the BNP goes, that is not one of their main planks - unless I am mistaken.
| 471 |
avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:58:58pm |
re: #432 razorbacker
Now chances are that we're not going to find ourselves trading Christmas cards, or swapping bubblegum between classes, but I am something of a Studebaker fan, myself.
And yes, I know that the back windows of the first run of Avantis would blow out at speed. I know that they overheat. I know that the R-2 Paxton superchargers were hard on the engines (and I know that neither the Stude's 289 or 352 had anything to do with Ford at all). I know all that.
But damn, I sure like the looks of that Lowery design.
Let me know when you want one, I'll hook you up. You know a great deal about Studebakers, but here's some recent news you may be unaware of. We've been racing the Avanti's and Avanti engined Larks at the Pure Stock Muscle car drags for a few years and doing very well.
Nothing like seeing a 64 Studebaker take out a 427 Yenko Chevy to get the crowds attention.
We also have one guy that runs twin turbos on a 289 in a 51 Studebaker that runs in the low 10's. His name is Ted Harbit, and he's in the NHRA hall of fame for drag racing since the 60's with the same car.
| 472 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 9:59:05pm |
re: #465 irongrampa
Sweet. I'm the proud owner of a brand new 68 RoadRunner, a clone of the one I bought in January of 69. Is yours a standard like that one? If so, it's a real rarity, amd would have to have been special ordered.
Nice, family has been MOPAR for 3 generations, funny how that works out my truck and Van are both Dodge. The Van is just badged Dodge, it's the Benz import Dodge brought over to replace the Ram Van.
| 473 |
irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:00:07pm |
re: #466 realwest
Yah, the Army changed rankings during my USAEUR tour, 62, iirc. Our unit stayed with hard rankfor the senior nco's, my rank 3stripes-I held.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:00:12pm |
re: #460 Bubblehead II
Time to call it a night. Dark Falcon, Sorry that you felt the need to ding me down tonight. But hey, Shit happens.
L8R
Good night, BHII. The downding won't be a regular thing (here's an upding to compensate). You're very good to talk and I enjoy having you around. Sleep well.
| 476 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:01:52pm |
re: #467 Dianna
Did you miss these threads?
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
Also- Walter has an interesting email exchange, maybe he can post it again or forward it to you. And I've been watching this for quite some time. I have no problem stating that robert has fascist leanings. He's on record as saying vlaams belang is not fascist.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:02:05pm |
re: #467 Dianna
Careful - before we attribute to him what's said in the comments section, think how we resent it when people do that to Charles.
Until I've read that thread - and that won't happen until tomorrow - I won't have an opinion.
What Robert Spencer's up to, I cannot fathom. I'm deeply disturbed, but I want to be very careful.
I'm not attributing anything to Spencer, I simply asked a question about a political group that I wasn't totally familiar with, but which I thought I had heard that they had nationalist connections.
I just wanted to confirm who they were.
| 478 |
Digital Display Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:02:20pm |
Well Lizards..I did it..I stayed up late and watched the Jimmy Fallon show ( i'm never here late during the week)
My review: Possibly the worst late night show I've ever seen..The writers need to be fired also Jimmy just isn't very funny..If I needed his dry humorless tone I'd just spend more time chatting with my boss over coffee at 8am every morning.. Jimmy..I knew Johnny and you are no Johnny..
when you interview somebody Jimmy...try not to be so breathless..don't faint..jeez..
I thought the The Today Show interviews were bad..
/that might have been mean..But that is my review..sorry
| 479 |
avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:02:43pm |
re: #450 SanFranciscoZionist
Is it necessary to own guns and watch NASCAR to avoid being a woosie lib fantasist sheep?
I stopped being interested stock car racing, when they stopped racing stock cars. Once, a NASCAR car was showroom stock with maybe a roll bar and shoulder harness, now they look sorta like a factory car from the stands.
| 480 |
rawmuse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:02:49pm |
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
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razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:06pm |
re: #471 avanti
Due to the beefer frame on Stude pickups, most every Champ that hit our junkyard was soon cut down to make a trailer.
We destroyed, for pennies on the dollar, vehicles that would sell for astonishing prices nowadays.
I mean really, who would have expected late '60s Mopars to go for six figures?
| 482 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:09pm |
re: #468 LudwigVanQuixote
Actually, it is not clear that owning firearms or not makes you a woosie liberal. Also, I think that urban vs. rural makes a big difference. I grew up in rural Pa. I mean schools got an extra day off for deer season. Everyone knew how to shoot.
You really will not see that in the typical suburban environment, and the inner city kids learn about weapons for different reasons entirely.
As to not liking guns. My great uncle was a Merril's Marauder. He was hardly a pansie woosie anything. He considered that one of the things he was fightin for was to prevent his kids from ever needing to have a gun. He said he had used them enough.
The pointed end of my comment was directed to those who denigrate gun owners and race enthusiasts - also known as hicks among the enlightened fantasist camp. Hell, I don't folow NASCAR either, but that is not my point.
| 483 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:09pm |
I'm starting to fade, so I'm going to turn in. Good night, all.
| 484 |
Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:12pm |
re: #476 Sharmuta
Did you miss these threads?
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]Also- Walter has an interesting email exchange, maybe he can post it again or forward it to you. And I've been watching this for quite some time. I have no problem stating that robert has fascist leanings. He's on record as saying vlaams belang is not fascist.
"Robert, can you answer one simple question for me. This would help a lot in deciding what is really going on here. Which European political parties do you UNCONDITIONALLY condemn because of their proven ties to racist nationalism?" (Walter L. Newton email to Robert Spencer sent on Friday, November 07, 2008 1:16 PM)
And his answer...
"Actually, I am fighting jihad, and have no interest in or intention to investigate these groups. Insofar as they are fighting jihad, I applaud them. Insofar as they are doing anything else, my endorsement is not implied." (Robert Spencer email answer to Walter L. Newton sent on Sat 11/8/2008 10:39 AM)
Oops. Wrong answer, huh Robert.
| 485 |
realwest Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:25pm |
Well y'all, I'm gonna try going to sleep at a decent hour and see if I feel more rested tomorrow!
Hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!
Good night, all.
| 486 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:29pm |
re: #477 Walter L. Newton
It's all on me, Walter. I have no problem calling robert a fascist sympathizer. I've seen enough to feel my label is warranted.
| 487 |
irongrampa Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:52pm |
Time for the old folk.Good night, good people.
And remember-we're Americans. We WILL persevere.
| 488 |
rawmuse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:03:54pm |
re: #478 HoosierHoops
I saw the 4th show. I thought he was lukewarm, but the band was smokin'.
| 489 |
Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:04:06pm |
re: #480 rawmuse
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
Anything sung by John Denver.
| 490 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:04:23pm |
re: #482 The Shadow Do
The pointed end of my comment was directed to those who denigrate gun owners and race enthusiasts - also known as hicks among the enlightened fantasist camp. Hell, I don't folow NASCAR either, but that is not my point.
Fair enough! I understand.
| 491 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:04:23pm |
re: #470 LudwigVanQuixote
You are quite correct, however, as far as the BNP goes, that is not one of their main planks - unless I am mistaken.
It's been a while since I studied the BNP; when last I did, I reacted with deep and angry disgust to pretty much all their positions. But I noted the anti-Catholic one, because that is an interest of mine.
Lots of people study anti-semitism, and various stripes of racism, but most people ignore anti-Catholicism.
| 494 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:06:25pm |
re: #437 Walter L. Newton
Yes, and a very nasty bunch.
| 495 |
Taqiyyotomist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:06:27pm |
OT:
Responding to Mike Volpe's "Video of the Day" post in the links, I bring you:
Raging Bull - The F***ing Short Version
| 497 |
LynnfromNZ Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:06:42pm |
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
[Link: www.americancivicliteracy.org...]
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:07:05pm |
re: #486 Sharmuta
It's all on me, Walter. I have no problem calling robert a fascist sympathizer. I've seen enough to feel my label is warranted.
Neither do I. I was simply trying to gather some info before I jumped to any conclusions. I got what I wanted, and I say he's got a BIG problem.
The first two comments on this thread I was reading both mention the BNP and how they will clean things up.
There are =88 more comments. I think the site moderator has had enough time to clean this up if they wanted to.
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avanti Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:08:04pm |
re: #481 razorbacker
Due to the beefer frame on Stude pickups, most every Champ that hit our junkyard was soon cut down to make a trailer.
We destroyed, for pennies on the dollar, vehicles that would sell for astonishing prices nowadays.
I mean really, who would have expected late '60s Mopars to go for six figures?
Had you have not crushed them, the few survivors would not bring six figures. BTW, here's a collector car story that is a great read. It's one that you would have crushed without a thought.
| 500 |
Erik The Red Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:09:27pm |
Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards. I received this via email and thought I would share it.
One of my sons serves in the military, he is stationed in
Ontario , Canada . He called me yesterday To let
me know how warm and welcoming people were to
Him and his troops everywhere they go.
Telling me how people shake their hands and thank them
For being willing to serve and fight, not only for our own
Freedoms but so that others may have Freedom too.
Then he told me about an incident in the grocery store
He stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the
Base. He said that several people were in the line
Ahead of him, including a woman dressed in a Burkha.
He said when she got to the cashier, she made a loud
Remark about the Canadian Flag, lapel pin, the cashier
wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched
The pin and said,
"Yes, I always wear it proudly, because I ' m Canadian."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when
She was going to stop bombing her countrymen,
Explaining that she was Iraqi.
Then, a Gentleman standing behind my son stepped
Forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders and
nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle
Voice to the Iraqi woman:
"Lady, hundreds of thousands Of men and women like this young
man have fought and Died so that YOU could stand here,
in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR
countrymen. It is my belief that had YOU been this outspoken in
YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today.
But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
Loudly and clearly, I ' ll gladly buy you a ticket and pay
YOUR way back to Iraq , so you can Straighten out the
Mess in YOUR Country, that you are Obviously here in
MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered!
| 501 |
Racer X Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:10:03pm |
Headline at Boston herald . com
Bristol Palin splits with ‘white trash’ Levi Johnston
Fuckers just won't let up.
This is why I have no problem talkin shit about Obama and the leftist morons.
| 502 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:10:03pm |
re: #476 Sharmuta
I missed about half that, Sharm.
I'll try to catch up. You know how little time any of us have.
| 503 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:10:44pm |
re: #480 rawmuse
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
Celebrate! or is it, Celebration? & The old Coke song: I'd like to teach the world to sing . . .
| 504 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:10:53pm |
re: #449 Walter L. Newton
As I recall, Spencer has condemned the BNP but his site is full of BNP supporters. He allows it. Brussels Journal welcomed the BNP into the couterJihad movement a month or two ago. It's not really a surprise.
| 505 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:11:08pm |
That song from DisneyWorld --It's a small world.
| 506 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:11:09pm |
re: #492 Iron Fist
(Couldn't sleep. Just too keyed up. And the belt of gause ain't helping :-)
Having a "US Property" marked .45, especially if it is WWII specific (Remington Rand, etc.) can be worth as much as a high-end Kimber, almost into Wilson Combat territory. It depends on the condition, of course, but no one expects a WWII issue gun to be in pristine condition (I'd be suspicious if it was. Refinishing one will knock the bottom out of its value). Pre-WWII, I wouldn't even have seen enough of to hazard a concrete guess. Lots and lots, I'd bet you.
If I had such a prize, I wouldn't shoot it. Put it back in safekeeping. They will make more Kimbers, and even Wilson Tacticals. They aren't making more WWII issue guns.
I stepped back from the post mortum buzzard like division of my Dad's belongings when he went. His .45 WWII issue pistol ended up with my nephew. I didn't want much, but damn I wanted that pistol.
| 507 |
rawmuse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:11:26pm |
| 508 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:11:39pm |
re: #491 Dianna
It's been a while since I studied the BNP; when last I did, I reacted with deep and angry disgust to pretty much all their positions. But I noted the anti-Catholic one, because that is an interest of mine.
Lots of people study anti-semitism, and various stripes of racism, but most people ignore anti-Catholicism.
I did not mean to ignore anything. I did mention that they are anti-Catholic, and obviously, I have a problem with that. Honestly, once I determined that they were scum, I did not look into them much more. If you feel they are much more than just "mildly" anti-Catholic, then I stand corrected.
Perhaps it is a matter of contrast, they did not seem to foam as much about Catholics as they do about other groups. Then again, I might have missed something wretched they were vomiting about Catholics also.
| 509 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:11:46pm |
re: #499 avanti
Had you have not crushed them, the few survivors would not bring six figures. BTW, here's a collector car story that is a great read. It's one that you would have crushed without a thought.
| 510 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:12:11pm |
re: #498 Walter L. Newton
Those comments were posted 11 hours ago! More than enough time to clean that up. Perhaps the moderators don't care.
| 511 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:13:02pm |
re: #500 Erik The Red
Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards. I received this via email and thought I would share it.
One of my sons serves in the military, he is stationed in
Ontario , Canada . He called me yesterday To let
me know how warm and welcoming people were to
Him and his troops everywhere they go.
Telling me how people shake their hands and thank them
For being willing to serve and fight, not only for our own
Freedoms but so that others may have Freedom too.Then he told me about an incident in the grocery store
He stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the
Base. He said that several people were in the line
Ahead of him, including a woman dressed in a Burkha.He said when she got to the cashier, she made a loud
Remark about the Canadian Flag, lapel pin, the cashier
wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched
The pin and said,
"Yes, I always wear it proudly, because I ' m Canadian."The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when
She was going to stop bombing her countrymen,
Explaining that she was Iraqi.Then, a Gentleman standing behind my son stepped
Forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders and
nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle
Voice to the Iraqi woman:"Lady, hundreds of thousands Of men and women like this young
man have fought and Died so that YOU could stand here,
in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR
countrymen. It is my belief that had YOU been this outspoken in
YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today.But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
Loudly and clearly, I ' ll gladly buy you a ticket and pay
YOUR way back to Iraq , so you can Straighten out the
Mess in YOUR Country, that you are Obviously here in
MY country to avoid."Everyone within hearing distance cheered!
That was wonderful.
| 512 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:13:23pm |
re: #493 Racer X
Heck, even dogs like guns.
I know a few dogs that get excited when they see guns. It means field time!
| 513 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:13:49pm |
re: #510 Sharmuta
The First BNP comment has a +10 rating. The highest rated comment on the thread.
| 514 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:14:18pm |
re: #504 Killgore Trout
As I recall, Spencer has condemned the BNP but his site is full of BNP supporters. He allows it. Brussels Journal welcomed the BNP into the couterJihad movement a month or two ago. It's not really a surprise.
He wants it both ways. You can't condemn the BNP and them allow your site to advocate for them. It's like the commenters are a proxy.
| 515 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:15:22pm |
| 516 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:15:37pm |
re: #501 Racer X
Headline at Boston herald . com
Bristol Palin splits with ‘white trash’ Levi Johnston
Fuckers just won't let up.
This is why I have no problem talkin shit about Obama and the leftist morons.
He wasn't good enough for her. She'll meet someone better.
| 517 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:16:00pm |
re: #514 Sharmuta
He wants it both ways. You can't condemn the BNP and them allow your site to advocate for them. It's like the commenters are a proxy.
His opposition to the BNP is pretty weak and he only made one passing mention. He's had BNP supporters on his site for years (Lionheart among them) and Spencer gives them tacit support.
| 520 |
rawmuse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:16:15pm |
| 521 |
Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:16:25pm |
re: #510 Sharmuta
Those comments were posted 11 hours ago! More than enough time to clean that up. Perhaps the moderators don't care.
Even giving Robert and Pamela and that ilk the benefit of the doubt, it is obvious that they are very happy in looking the other way.
So, they get that deniability, yet they also get the fringe support and are get the pot "stirred" without getting their own hands dirty.
It's the 1930's all over again.
| 522 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:16:27pm |
re: #513 Killgore Trout
The First BNP comment has a +10 rating. The highest rated comment on the thread.
He clearly doesn't care if the BNP is held up as a model on his site.
It's similar to fjordy- who stopped running his own blog because he was attracting nazis. Well- when you continuously attract the same sorts of people, I'm of the mind to sit and ponder "why?"
| 523 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:17:24pm |
re: #480 rawmuse
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
"Tainted Love." Oh, and anything - anything at all - by Spandau Ballet. "True" springs forcefully to mind. And let's not forget "Don't you want me, Baby?" while we're at it.
And "Born to Run."
| 524 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:17:37pm |
re: #521 Walter L. Newton
So, they get that deniability, yet they also get the fringe support and are get the pot "stirred" without getting their own hands dirty.
BINGO!
| 525 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:17:59pm |
| 526 |
razorbacker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:18:06pm |
re: #499 avanti
Had you have not crushed them, the few survivors would not bring six figures. BTW, here's a collector car story that is a great read. It's one that you would have crushed without a thought.
I saw that a few months ago. I wouldn't have known what it was, either. Hell, I'd never heard of a racing Tempest.
| 527 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:18:17pm |
Lots of genocide comments over at Spencer's place tonight too.
| 528 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:18:27pm |
re: #480 rawmuse
I think I will start a new Facebook group "Songs I don't care if I ever hear again"
Candidates are "I Will Survive", "Get Down Tonight", and "In The Mood".
Any others I should add?
ANYTHING from Morrissey!
| 529 |
Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:19:17pm |
| 530 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:19:34pm |
| 531 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:19:35pm |
re: #521 Walter L. Newton
Even giving Robert and Pamela and that ilk the benefit of the doubt, it is obvious that they are very happy in looking the other way.
So, they get that deniability, yet they also get the fringe support and are get the pot "stirred" without getting their own hands dirty.
It's the 1930's all over again.
Walter, you might like this book.. I haven't gotten past the first 3 chapters. The first one nearly did me in --terrified actually.
| 533 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:20:53pm |
| 534 |
rawmuse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:20:56pm |
re: #530 SanFranciscoZionist
Huh?
I'm looking at a picture of a well-armed dog.
Yeah, I corrected myself later.
(hangs head in shame...)
| 535 |
Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:21:02pm |
re: #531 ggt
Walter, you might like this book.. I haven't gotten past the first 3 chapters. The first one nearly did me in --terrified actually.
Thanks.
| 536 |
Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:21:24pm |
re: #527 Killgore Trout
Lots of genocide comments over at Spencer's place tonight too.
And allowing it just begets more of it. The comments of jihad watch are a cesspool.
| 537 |
Syrah Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:21:35pm |
Goodnight Lizards.
I have left something for your amusement in the Spin offs.
Do Aliens cause Global Warming?
See you all on Thursday.
| 539 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:22:12pm |
re: #535 Walter L. Newton
I thought we were having a new episode of Lost tonight. What happened?
| 540 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:22:54pm |
| 541 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:23:06pm |
re: #539 Killgore Trout
I thought we were having a new episode of Lost tonight. What happened?
They lost it.
| 542 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:23:23pm |
re: #529 Walter L. Newton
I saved most of that thread.
It was the parallels between Spencer's own Nakba post and the genocidal one Charles posted on. That really tipped me.
| 543 |
Racer X Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:23:35pm |
Looks like Zo will be working with Pajamas TV.
Nice!
| 544 |
Walter L. Newton Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:24:04pm |
re: #539 Killgore Trout
I thought we were having a new episode of Lost tonight. What happened?
No, they had a planned break this week. They repeated the episode "LaFleur" tonight. The second half of the season starts next week. Whoopie.
| 545 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:24:20pm |
re: #513 Killgore Trout
The First BNP comment has a +10 rating. The highest rated comment on the thread.
Ugh.
| 547 |
BatGuano Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:24:41pm |
| 550 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:26:12pm |
The Europeans (especially the Dutch and Germans) have some slightly different sensibilities on racism.....
Tender, Juicy Obama Fingers Hit the Shelves
A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.
| 551 |
Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:26:13pm |
| 552 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:26:22pm |
re: #497 LynnfromNZ
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
[Link: www.americancivicliteracy.org...]
Nah, I missed three. 90%. The economics stuff made me sweat.
| 553 |
Racer X Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:26:37pm |
re: #546 Sharmuta
That's awesome! He rocks.
Yes he does!
His youtube videos are so entertaining because of the quick edits. Not sure how well that will transfer over to TV.
| 554 |
The Shadow Do Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:27:14pm |
re: #532 Iron Fist
Bless you Dad. What an experience, waking up like that...but he did!
Families need to work things out before a parent is lost, otherwise it can get very ugly. I have not spoken to my sister for 20 years over her really shameful behavior when my Dad died. Took 15 years through an intermediary to get a couple dozen family photos. That was it. Having grown up with her I thought I knew her, I thought wrong.
| 556 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:28:35pm |
re: #540 ggt
Can we add Alan Parson's Project to that?
No. Turn of a Friendly Card remains brilliant.
| 558 |
stevieray Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:29:32pm |
re: #497 LynnfromNZ
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
[Link: www.americancivicliteracy.org...]
Yay... just got a 100%... but I guessed at one of them...
| 559 |
Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:29:44pm |
When I get to where I'm going, will somebody please tell me where I am?
| 560 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:30:39pm |
re: #497 LynnfromNZ
Has anyone posted this American Civics quiz yet? Apologies for redundancy. The average American's score is 49%. I got 97%, 32 out of 33. Anybody do 100%?
[Link: www.americancivicliteracy.org...]
I missed one, but I don't understand their answer.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
They said D, but, how is that possible with a progressive tax? While, if I do not spend more then I take in, I am not in debt for the year. Am I just really tired and missing something?
| 561 |
Dianna Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:30:43pm |
re: #559 Dustyvet
When I get to where I'm going, will somebody please tell me where I am?
Where are we going, and what are we doing in this handbasket?!
| 562 |
Killgore Trout Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:32:11pm |
| 564 |
Dustyvet Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:33:35pm |
7 MOST SHOPLIFTED ITEMS
Pain Relievers
Pregnancy tests
Disposable razors
Film
Baby formula
Preparation H
Decongestant
| 565 |
stevieray Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:34:26pm |
re: #560 LudwigVanQuixote
That was tricky. It involves the difference between deficit and debt,
"A" would be correct if it said, "government deficit is zero",
| 566 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:35:13pm |
"Macho Sauce Productions promotes these basic positions:
You believe we are one mighty nation under All Mighty God.
(Anyone in the world can be part of the All Mighty's Nation)
We're a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
You believe your first fruits belong to God, not Government.
You believe capitalism is the best enabler of hiring power, and charitable contributions.
You believe capitalism promotes strong individualism, to make us elements of a stronger whole.
You believe public school is great, but school choice is greater.
You believe competitive based health care is better than government rationed health care.
You believe people would do better to pay into their own retirement, instead of being forced to pay into someone else's.
You believe the Declaration of Independence says you must have Life before liberty, and happy pursuits.
You believe we don't need permission to defend ourselves, and that we're not interested in taking over other countries, only protecting ourselves and our allies from those who threaten us with the capability of acting on it, or who actually attack us.
You believe the 2nd Amendment is essential for protecting ourselves when government can't, and from the government themselves should they grossly misinterpret the Constitution, or ignore it.
If you support the above stated, get a shirt, and spread the Macho Sauce!"
| 567 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:35:23pm |
re: #534 rawmuse
Yeah, I corrected myself later.
(hangs head in shame...)
It's OK, I just spent several seconds too long trying to figure out if the dog was connected to the case in some way.
| 568 |
Buster Bunny Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:35:49pm |
Most Important .. how do you get one of these suckers to climb across to the Barbecue top? I mean .. what sort of bait do you use .. little sisters?
| 569 |
NY Nana Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:36:06pm |
re: #521 Walter L. Newton
Pamela and Spencer have both gone over to the other side, and now? There is no turning back for them. Nor can either of them deny their words, as they are there for the sane world to see.
Pamela is an attention whore who will say or do anything for the attention...she reminds me more and more of Gloria Swanson, in 'Sunset Boulevard'.
| 570 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:36:10pm |
| 571 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:36:30pm |
re: #565 stevieray
That was tricky. It involves the difference between deficit and debt,
"A" would be correct if it said, "government deficit is zero",
Fair enough... But then unless you are averaging everyone's tax rate, how can D be correct?
| 572 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:36:32pm |
re: #560 LudwigVanQuixote
I missed one, but I don't understand their answer.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absentThey said D, but, how is that possible with a progressive tax? While, if I do not spend more then I take in, I am not in debt for the year. Am I just really tired and missing something?
That's the one I missed too, they are using Keynesian economics, with Keynes D would be correct. The also conflate debt and deficit, debt is not necessarily bad, large ticket items may entail debt. Deficit is bad, spending more than comes in.
| 573 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:36:59pm |
re: #550 Killgore Trout
The Europeans (especially the Dutch and Germans) have some slightly different sensibilities on racism.....
Tender, Juicy Obama Fingers Hit the Shelves
Well. That's...neat.
| 574 |
srb1976 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:37:38pm |
re: #554 The Shadow Do
Bless you Dad. What an experience, waking up like that...but he did!
Families need to work things out before a parent is lost, otherwise it can get very ugly. I have not spoken to my sister for 20 years over her really shameful behavior when my Dad died. Took 15 years through an intermediary to get a couple dozen family photos. That was it. Having grown up with her I thought I knew her, I thought wrong.
My husband lost his dad and grandma in about a 3 month span, and absolutely refused to participate in squabbling over who got what..... he never wanted anything of value so luckily the vultures left the important stuff (photos, keepsakes...that kind of thing).....it's really sad
| 576 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:38:17pm |
re: #572 jcm
That's the one I missed too, they are using Keynesian economics, with Keynes D would be correct. The also conflate debt and deficit, debt is not necessarily bad, large ticket items may entail debt. Deficit is bad, spending more than comes in.
But we don't have pure Keynsian economics... I call foul!
| 577 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:38:35pm |
re: #569 NY Nana
Pamela and Spencer have both gone over to the other side, and now? There is no turning back for them. Nor can either of them deny their words, as they are there for the sane world to see.
Pamela is an attention whore who will say or do anything for the attention...she reminds me more and more of Gloria Swanson, in 'Sunset Boulevard'.
[Video]
pathetic?
| 578 |
stevieray Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:39:08pm |
re: #571 LudwigVanQuixote
That's the way I read it... as averaging everything coming in, and everything going out.
| 579 |
stevieray Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:40:04pm |
re: #576 LudwigVanQuixote
You're right... it is a poorly constructed question.
| 580 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:40:19pm |
re: #578 stevieray
That's the way I read it... as averaging everything coming in, and everything going out.
No I get it... I just am not thrilled with the ambiguity of their language. Not everyone pays the same taxes.
| 581 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:40:34pm |
re: #560 LudwigVanQuixote
I missed one, but I don't understand their answer.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absentThey said D, but, how is that possible with a progressive tax? While, if I do not spend more then I take in, I am not in debt for the year. Am I just really tired and missing something?
I missed that too. I don't get it. Tax doesn't get taxed evenly, or spent evenly.
A person with six kids in public schools is using more tax money than a person with no kids in school. People use all kinds of different services, or don't. Can someone explain it to me?
| 582 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:41:08pm |
re: #576 LudwigVanQuixote
But we don't have pure Keynsian economics... I call foul!
I did too! It's not as simple as taxes per person = spending person.
We're over analyzing the question.
| 583 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:41:34pm |
Also, it does not, uh, come across entirely unbiased, although thank God they actually know where 'separation of church and state' comes from, unlike an oddball I had an argument with at a party a while back.
| 584 |
NY Nana Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:41:37pm |
| 585 |
srb1976 Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:41:37pm |
re: #580 LudwigVanQuixote
No I get it... I just am not thrilled with the ambiguity of their language. Not everyone pays
the sametaxes.
there....fixed = )
| 586 |
rawmuse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:42:40pm |
I misses three answers on the quiz, the same one with Flood control levee, and two others. Not bad for an autodidact.
| 587 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:42:44pm |
re: #565 stevieray
That was tricky. It involves the difference between deficit and debt,
"A" would be correct if it said, "government deficit is zero",
Ah. OK.
| 588 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:43:48pm |
re: #581 SanFranciscoZionist
I missed that too. I don't get it. Tax doesn't get taxed evenly, or spent evenly.
A person with six kids in public schools is using more tax money than a person with no kids in school. People use all kinds of different services, or don't. Can someone explain it to me?
The premiss of their question is incorrect.
In simplistic terms in a Keynesian system Total Revenue / Population compared to Total Spending / Population.
Grossly over simplified and using an incorrect economic model.
| 589 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:45:07pm |
re: #565 stevieray
That was tricky. It involves the difference between deficit and debt,
"A" would be correct if it said, "government deficit is zero",
Few people understand the difference.
| 590 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:45:16pm |
re: #588 jcm
The premiss of their question is incorrect.
In simplistic terms in a Keynesian system Total Revenue / Population compared to Total Spending / Population.
Grossly over simplified and using an incorrect economic model.
Thanks. Not my area.
| 591 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:45:58pm |
re: #581 SanFranciscoZionist
I missed that too. I don't get it. Tax doesn't get taxed evenly, or spent evenly.
A person with six kids in public schools is using more tax money than a person with no kids in school. People use all kinds of different services, or don't. Can someone explain it to me?
The answer they wanted was that if you have 100 people pay x dollars in taxes, and the govt spends exactly x dollars, then the average tax per person = the average amount spent per person by the government, i.e. x/100 = x/100.
To JCM we have a right to over analize because we are white and nerdy damnit and when I was a boy I was taught the following by my parents:
A = Adequate
B = Bad
C = Catastrophe
D = Don't even want to think about it.
| 592 |
Steve Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:46:19pm |
Just took a poll and here are the results on the economy.
[Link: www.personalliberty.com...]
The Total Number of people who voted in this poll: 102940
1) Who is most to blame for America’s current economic crisis?
75% voted: Democrats and US Congress
10% voted: The Bush Administration
2% voted: Wall Street
10% voted: Banks and sub-prime lenders
1% voted: Real estate and mortgage professionals
0% voted: Investors
1% voted: Home buyers
2) Do you agree government bailouts are the answer to America’s financial crisis?
6% voted: Yes
89% voted: No
5% voted: Undecided
3) Do you believe the American taxpayers should have to foot the bill for our financial systems mistakes?
7% voted: Yes, we have to or we’ll end up in a prolonged recession or worse a depression.
23% voted: No, America is too far in debt already.
67% voted: Absolutely not, the American people should never be responsible for bailing out the private sector.
2% voted: Undecided
4) Do you believe the government bailouts will ultimately rescue our country's financial system?
7% voted: Yes
87% voted: No
6% voted: Undecided
5) Do you believe Barack Obama was the best choice to handle the country's future economic policy?
11% voted: Yes
86% voted: No
3% voted: Undecided
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Sharmuta Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:46:29pm |
re: #569 NY Nana
Pamela and Spencer have both gone over to the other side, and now? There is no turning back for them. Nor can either of them deny their words, as they are there for the sane world to see.
Pamela is an attention whore who will say or do anything for the attention...she reminds me more and more of Gloria Swanson, in 'Sunset Boulevard'.
You are too kind.
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:50:05pm |
re: #592 Steve
Just took a poll and here are the results on the economy.
[Link: www.personalliberty.com...]
The Total Number of people who voted in this poll: 102940
1) Who is most to blame for America’s current economic crisis?
75% voted: Democrats and US Congress
10% voted: The Bush Administration
2% voted: Wall Street
10% voted: Banks and sub-prime lenders
1% voted: Real estate and mortgage professionals
0% voted: Investors
1% voted: Home buyers2) Do you agree government bailouts are the answer to America’s financial crisis?
6% voted: Yes
89% voted: No
5% voted: Undecided3) Do you believe the American taxpayers should have to foot the bill for our financial systems mistakes?
7% voted: Yes, we have to or we’ll end up in a prolonged recession or worse a depression.
23% voted: No, America is too far in debt already.
67% voted: Absolutely not, the American people should never be responsible for bailing out the private sector.
2% voted: Undecided4) Do you believe the government bailouts will ultimately rescue our country's financial system?
7% voted: Yes
87% voted: No
6% voted: Undecided5) Do you believe Barack Obama was the best choice to handle the country's future economic policy?
11% voted: Yes
86% voted: No
3% voted: Undecided
Not necessarily debating with everything there, but it would seem clear to me that the poll was of a certain cut of the populace and not particularly representative. More representative numbers would be much different.
| 595 |
stevieray Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:50:58pm |
| 596 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:50:58pm |
NY Nana have you seen this article? Shameless spin-off promotion, but I think it's good.
| 597 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:52:35pm |
G'nite all you Honcos.
“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
Alexander Hamilton
| 598 |
NY Nana Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:52:54pm |
I am really going to sleep early, for me.
Wednesday, my son in law's Mum, who I adore, had her leg amputated. She has cancer. I won't go into the details, but this should have been done at least 2 years ago. She was in excellent hospitals and medical centers, too.
She has a tough road ahead, but has battled cancer once before, and knocked it out and never looked back.
I do not want to give her name, but any prayers for her complete recovery would be appreciated. She has been there for anyone who needed help, and now? We are all there for her. Explaining to our 2 1/2 year old grandson will be difficult, as he notices everything, and will question the prostheses, etc. She will go from the hospital to a rehab facility.
Right now? I feel like punching out a wall...
G'nite, all. May today be a better day.
| 599 |
lostlakehiker Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:53:23pm |
re: #27 OldLineTexan
I saw a commercial on TV just now.
It ended in a website. It's like The Onion, except I have a sneaking suspicion these people believe their satire:
Kiss your easily-available electricity at (somewhat) affordable rates goodbye. Obama's insane leftist kook base is on the march.
Ah, er, actually it's true that coal-fired generators produce the most CO2 per Kwh of electricity. This isn't insanity. It's reality. Reality really is real, both when we're talking evolution, and when we're talking CO2.
What to do about it is a good question. Bjorn Lomborg suggests we just ride it out and pay the price of mitigation. With plenty of coal-fired electricity, we can just run the air conditioners ever more.
I've got my doubts. Lomborg is an economist, and economists don't take the long view. They make a mistake to think that the discount rate for future wealth is 7%, or 5%, or 2%. It's actually almost zero. Seen through the lens of centuries, that is, it's almost zero. A one percent growth rate in food production per capita, sustained over the past thousand years, would have seen us each eating sixteen thousand times as much as the peasants of 1009. We haven't had that much of an improvement in standards of living. For all of those centuries being times of amazing progress, one percent is a staggering rate of change.
We should be wary of thinking that super-insane humongously rich future people will easily be able to pay the cost of global warming out of pocket change, should it come to pass.
Even if you grant that global warming is a problem and that we need to curb carbon emissions, Obama's Cap and Trade scheme invites corruption, maximizes disruptive side effects, and must end in failure. It will be much more expensive than an open, honest plain old tax on fossil CO2 emissions would be. Because of its cost and its disruptive effects, it will fail. Either it will be rescinded, or it will fail as loopholes are put in place, one after the other, for all the friends of O, until the scheme leaks like a sieve that has had all its wire rust out.
| 600 |
BatGuano Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:53:59pm |
I don't know who Pamela and Spencer are. May I still post here?
| 601 |
SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:54:05pm |
re: #598 NY Nana
I am really going to sleep early, for me.
Wednesday, my son in law's Mum, who I adore, had her leg amputated. She has cancer. I won't go into the details, but this should have been done at least 2 years ago. She was in excellent hospitals and medical centers, too.
She has a tough road ahead, but has battled cancer once before, and knocked it out and never looked back.
I do not want to give her name, but any prayers for her complete recovery would be appreciated. She has been there for anyone who needed help, and now? We are all there for her. Explaining to our 2 1/2 year old grandson will be difficult, as he notices everything, and will question the prostheses, etc. She will go from the hospital to a rehab facility.
Right now? I feel like punching out a wall...
G'nite, all. May today be a better day.
Prayers for everyone. Much much love.
| 602 |
NY Nana Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:55:28pm |
re: #593 Sharmuta
If I said what I am thinking? Someone would wash my mouth out with soap! ;)
And it would be [deleted]!
| 603 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:56:34pm |
re: #597 jcm
G'nite all you Honcos.
“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
Alexander Hamilton
Got one more thing to do tonight... I'll continue multitasking for awhile...
| 607 |
BatGuano Wed, Mar 11, 2009 10:58:50pm |
| 608 |
rawmuse Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:00:10pm |
| 609 |
Buster Bunny Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:01:43pm |
the only problem with having these giant crabs is that you need a 5 gallon Budweiser to wash it down with. Not to mention a 2kg lemon for flavor.
| 611 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:03:11pm |
re: #599 lostlakehiker
Ah, er, actually it's true that coal-fired generators produce the most CO2 per Kwh of electricity. This isn't insanity. It's reality. Reality really is real, both when we're talking evolution, and when we're talking CO2.
What to do about it is a good question. Bjorn Lomborg suggests we just ride it out and pay the price of mitigation. With plenty of coal-fired electricity, we can just run the air conditioners ever more.
I've got my doubts. Lomborg is an economist, and economists don't take the long view. They make a mistake to think that the discount rate for future wealth is 7%, or 5%, or 2%. It's actually almost zero. Seen through the lens of centuries, that is, it's almost zero. A one percent growth rate in food production per capita, sustained over the past thousand years, would have seen us each eating sixteen thousand times as much as the peasants of 1009. We haven't had that much of an improvement in standards of living. For all of those centuries being times of amazing progress, one percent is a staggering rate of change.
We should be wary of thinking that super-insane humongously rich future people will easily be able to pay the cost of global warming out of pocket change, should it come to pass.
Even if you grant that global warming is a problem and that we need to curb carbon emissions, Obama's Cap and Trade scheme invites corruption, maximizes disruptive side effects, and must end in failure. It will be much more expensive than an open, honest plain old tax on fossil CO2 emissions would be. Because of its cost and its disruptive effects, it will fail. Either it will be rescinded, or it will fail as loopholes are put in place, one after the other, for all the friends of O, until the scheme leaks like a sieve that has had all its wire rust out.
That was really well written. The only technology that we have in hand that can provide the elctricity we need and reduce emissions is fission. The math just does not add up for any other resource. That does not mean that there isn't a lot we can help by using a lot more solar, but all of these so called "economic" fixes do not reflect the real world physics.
| 613 |
CyanSnowHawk Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:03:17pm |
re: #609 Buster Bunny
the only problem with having these giant crabs is that you need a 5 gallon Budweiser to wash it down with. Not to mention a 2kg lemon for flavor.
And a great big bucket of melted butter.
| 614 |
Almost Killed by Space Hookers Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:04:17pm |
re: #598 NY Nana
If you are still there please give me her name and her mother's name.
| 615 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:06:36pm |
re: #613 CyanSnowHawk
And a great big bucket of melted butter.
Crab Pot Restaurant. Mixed pot of seafood, veggies and dump it on your table.
| 617 |
NY Nana Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:08:06pm |
re: #601 SanFranciscoZionist
Thank you! I just got this from a friend 's son...Israelis, who live in the SF area. I have known them for nearly 50 years...
Mayonnaise Jar & Two Beers...
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 Beers.A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and
proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.
The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed..
'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else---the small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.
The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small
stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your children.
Spend time with your parents.
Visit with grandparents.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner.
Play another 18.
There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.
The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.' The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.
G'nite again, all...sweet dreams.
| 618 |
UncleSam Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:08:28pm |
Time to implement my plan to corner the market on cocktail sauce...
| 619 |
Buster Bunny Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:11:49pm |
How many seafood pizzas does one seventy foot crab make? And does that require a proportionate loading of anchovies and mozarella?
| 620 |
LynnfromNZ Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:13:16pm |
re: #581 SanFranciscoZionist
Yes, that's the only one I missed. I still don't understand it.
| 621 |
Kailen Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:16:58pm |
re: #620 LynnfromNZ
It looks to me no more complex than:
If a = b, then a/c = b/c.
But maybe I'm missing a deeper meaning.
| 623 |
BatGuano Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:25:01pm |
I saw a movie when I seven years old where some civil war soldiers got in a hot air balloon and crashed on an Island that had giant creatures including a giant crab. The pushed the giant crab into boiling volcanic pool of water and eated it and Captain Nemo was there. What movie was that?
| 624 |
jcm Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:25:02pm |
re: #620 LynnfromNZ
Yes, that's the only one I missed. I still don't understand it.
33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
Their answer (D) works like this.
A country has 100 people and raises $100 in tax revenue, so the average tax is $1 per person. The country then spends $100 for an average of $1 per person.
The answer A doesn't make sense since debt is longer term. Deficit is spending more than income. Debt is long term like a loan and not necessarily bad, car, house, business loans.
C and E are plain silly.
D doesn't hold up to examination since taxes aren't collected or spent on an "average."
The correct answer would be the government does not have a deficit, it's income is equal to it's spending.
| 626 |
Kailen Wed, Mar 11, 2009 11:31:11pm |
I missed 4. 3 history questions and #30, "decrease taxes, increase spending", which I knew was incorrect, but long run, the "right answer" is just bad business.
| 627 |
lifeofthemind Thu, Mar 12, 2009 12:09:49am |
On topic :)
My favorite Biology Prof was Monty Lloyd who did a slide show for what today would be called an Ecology class. Such things were just becoming popular then. He was an entertaining fellow who told us he had two families in two countries and used slide shows to describe various fauna and their habitats. He was good and knew his stuff. We were all 18 or 19 year olds. I still remember when he put one slide in a series of 50 or more up and it was a Common Louse. Without missing a beat he said "If you've ever had crabs you know what a bitch these are" and then he went to the next slide. He never did make Full Professor, during Vietnam he just gave everyone an A so they wouldn't have to face the draft, and forgot to stop the year the draft ended. Remember that back then Chicago was the home of the Gentleman's D. Nowadays some pinhead would probably destroy his free spirit with a sexual harassment complaint.
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LynnfromNZ Thu, Mar 12, 2009 2:32:05am |
re: #624 jcm
I guess I see what they're getting at, but it's a thin tautology -- "We spend as much as we get from everyone so everybody gets their money back because we spent all we took in." I'm certainly not an economist, but there's probably an economic principle or theory at work there. I'd just call it non-deficit non-surplus spending.
| 630 |
ak47pundit Thu, Mar 12, 2009 7:06:31am |
The important question of course is were these huge harmless crabs with razor-sharp claws the product of evolution or creationism?
| 631 |
Lee Coller Thu, Mar 12, 2009 7:59:24am |
re: #27 OldLineTexan
I saw a commercial on TV just now.
It ended in a website. It's like The Onion, except I have a sneaking suspicion these people believe their satire:
Kiss your easily-available electricity at (somewhat) affordable rates goodbye. Obama's insane leftist kook base is on the march.
So were those quotes on that link supposed to be reality or examples of false quotes about coal?
| 632 |
BethesdaDog Thu, Mar 12, 2009 11:29:11am |
I simply do not understand the posts here. Over 600 posts on an important topic regarding genetically engineered giant crabs, and people are talking about all kinds of irrelevant silliness, like tephones stuck in rectums and God knows what else.
There's a place to discuss such stuff.
I want to know more about these crabs. I don't think we should dismiss the pros and cons without more serious discussion.
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