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1 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:19:12pm

He Lives!

2 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:21:48pm

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

3 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:21:59pm

What is the taliban's manifesto? Dude- it's called the koran

4 Shay4l  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:23:13pm

re: #2 Charles

Ick!

5 Macker  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:23:54pm

Dang, and I thought Mos Def's vocabulary was going to consist of "mother f**ker, c**ksucker" every few seconds!
My bad.

6 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:24:00pm

Mr. Mucus is yucky.

7 Shay4l  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:25:00pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

Mrs Shay recommends Puffs Plus

8 stuck in california  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:25:42pm

Careful Charles, or they will put a tax on mucus....

9 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:25:49pm

re: #2 Charles

That virus evolved to the point it could make you sick, so I have to ask- why do you hate evolution?

10 esch  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:25:55pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

Why Charles, I didn't know you were phlegm-ish.

11 albusteve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:25:56pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

well get well soon...maybe some Hatch NM green chilis would help...then maybe not

12 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:26:10pm

The fun here is the massive hypocrisy and discomfort of the white men and Rushdi (who is in the position that the apartheid South Africans would have called Honorary White Man) when meeting an ignorant Black Man. Mos Def is a poor parody of Muhammed Ali who stated the Viet Cong have done nothing to him.

13 Shay4l  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:26:11pm

re: #8 stuck in california

Careful Charles, or they will put a tax on mucus....

Would it be legal to spit on them?

14 jaunte  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:26:23pm

re: #3 Sharmuta

Salman Rushdie definitely resisted a facepalm, there.

15 stuck in california  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:01pm

re: #13 Shay4l

Tax the spit!

16 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:03pm

Even Bill Maher looks smart in that clip....wow

17 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:26pm

re: #2 Charles

rhinovirus

You get that from those birds that ride around on the rhinos telling him where to turn next.

18 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:32pm

Bill Maher proves once again that he's a blithering idiot.

19 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:37pm

(Please let a certain poster stay downstairs)

20 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:46pm

I suggest he change his name to Mas Deaf and Dumb

21 Shay4l  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:50pm

re: #16 Desert Dog

Even Bill Maher looks smart in that clip....wow

Man, that's an alternate universe!

22 Max Darkside  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:53pm

I could only watch 1/2 of that. Sorry to hear you are a mucus fountain tonight. I'm sure that's snot what you want on a Sat. night.

23 BryanS  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:27:59pm

Hitchens is always fun listening to when he's taking someone to task. Watching him take Mos Def to task was like watching the clubbing of baby seals.

24 albusteve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:28:06pm

this black guy is an idiot....and he speaks for half the country I'd imagine...."what's a coran?"....some new countertop?

25 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:28:15pm

Self-Deception is a dangerous thing.

26 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:28:16pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.


maybe you had RSV

27 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:28:18pm

Mr. Definitely. Heh!

28 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:28:33pm

though it's a bit late in the season

29 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:29:02pm

re: #2 Charles

Saline, Charles... its your friend.

30 Randall Gross  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:29:19pm

Hope you get better soon Charles. I watched this earlier and got so annoyed I had to shut it off. It reminded me of the creationist debates here. The more facts and arguments presented, the more denials are brought forth, all with a tinge of martyrdom and paranoia.

31 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:29:27pm
The rhino has a symbiotic relationship with oxpeckers, also called tick birds. In Swahili the tick bird is named "askari wa kifaru," meaning "the rhino's guard." The bird eats ticks it finds on the rhino and noisily warns of danger.
32 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:29:41pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

Try Zicam. It really works It won't get rid of the cold but you will recover much quicker.

33 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:02pm

re: #2 Charles

Yuck. Just went through that here.
Feel better soon!
(NO! you didn't catch it from me)

34 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:10pm

You realize that people are do not hold ignorant people accountable.

35 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:16pm

I had to quit after four minutes lest the dumb jump off of him and onto me.

36 jcm  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:39pm

Mos Def '12!

37 VioletTiger  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:45pm

re: #32 Bobblehead

Try Zicam. It really works It won't get rid of the cold but you will recover much quicker.


The one you put in your nostrils is much better than the stuff you have to chew. Something about that stuff is just nasty.

38 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:46pm

An Obama voter.

39 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:47pm

re: #34 DistantThunder

Huh? I think I agree with you. ;)

40 albusteve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:49pm

re: #34 DistantThunder

You realize that people are do not hold ignorant people accountable.

why are you looking at me?...

41 NelsFree  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:49pm

re: #2 Charles

S-not funny, Charles!

PS I had to stop the video, I could not stand the incoherence.
"The Multiple Clanging of one Cymbal"

42 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:30:54pm

re: #2 Charles

Had the same thing most of the week. A nice single malt with Nyquil chaser does wonders for a nights sleep.

43 OldLineTexan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:02pm

re: #32 Bobblehead

Try Zicam. It really works It won't get rid of the cold but you will recover much quicker.

I love that stuff.

44 astronmr20  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:03pm

It was a good conversation. Hitchens and Rushdie generally nailed it.

Disappointing is Mos Def, who asks questions so stupid ("What is the Taliban's political goal?"), that it almost seems that he is asking them rhetorically.

It's a shame. His art is good, and he's a decent actor. Anyone seen the Hitchhikers' Guide movie?

45 jcm  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:08pm

re: #36 jcm

Mos Def '12!

Def / Paul '12!

46 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:16pm

Um, drugs are bad, m'kay.
-Mr. Mackey

47 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:19pm

re: #36 jcm

Why wait? Think of all the open positions in Treasury!

48 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:22pm

re: #36 jcm

Mos Def '12!

MosDef/Biden The dream ticket

49 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:33pm

Taking idiocy to a higher level.

50 Shay4l  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:50pm

re: #35 MandyManners

I had to quit after four minutes lest the dumb jump off of him and onto me.

Hopefully dumb isn't catching, or I have to quit my job right away.,

51 jaunte  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:53pm

Mos def not a thinker.

52 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:58pm

re: #37 VioletTiger

The one you put in your nostrils is much better than the stuff you have to chew. Something about that stuff is just nasty.

I use the swabs..Quick and easy.

53 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:31:59pm

Vitamin D from the sun boosts the immune system - so "getting some sun" is a good thing.

54 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:00pm

You know we are in bad times when the opinions of Mos Def are taken seriously. Well, maybe Bill Maher is just a twit.

55 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:15pm

re: #45 jcm

Def / Paul '12!

Som Fed/Nor Luap 2012!

//

56 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:18pm

I'm struck by the fact that the shit that Hitchens left in his toilet this morning, and the toenails that Rushdie clipped and left on his hotel carpet this morning have a far far far greater intelligence than mos def

57 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:26pm

re: #44 astronmr20

It was a good conversation. Hitchens and Rushdie generally nailed it.

Disappointing is Mos Def, who asks questions so stupid ("What is the Taliban's political goal?"), that it almost seems that he is asking them rhetorically.

It's a shame. His art is good, and he's a decent actor. Anyone seen the Hitchhikers' Guide movie?

He was very good in "Something the Lord Made" with Alan Rickman on HBO. It's disappointing to find he's an idiot.

58 jcm  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:32pm

re: #44 astronmr20

It was a good conversation. Hitchens and Rushdie generally nailed it.

Disappointing is Mos Def, who asks questions so stupid ("What is the Taliban's political goal?"), that it almost seems that he is asking them rhetorically.

It's a shame. His art is good, and he's a decent actor. Anyone seen the Hitchhikers' Guide movie?

Ford posts here!

59 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:34pm

re: #34 DistantThunder

You realize that people are do not hold ignorant people accountable.

I'm under the influence of mucus too.

60 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:36pm

Mos Def can certainly flow, but on issues such as this he is woefully (perhaps even willfully) ignorant.

61 albusteve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:32:58pm

re: #51 jaunte

Mos def not a thinker.

who is he?...why is he on this panel?...I don't get it

62 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:07pm

Mos Dumb.

63 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:10pm

re: #54 NYCHardhat

You know we are in bad times when the opinions of Mos Def are taken seriously. Well, maybe Bill Maher is just a twit.

I love how he states that he has a right to believe whatever he wants to believe. This is anti-intellectualism.

64 jcm  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:12pm

re: #55 Gus 802

Som Fed/Nor Luap 2012!

//

BUMPER STICKER!

65 NelsFree  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:16pm

re: #47 Killer Tomato

Why wait? Think of all the open positions in Treasury!

Tim Geithner, Secretary of Treachery!

66 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:26pm

re: #2 Charles

Neti Pot

it looks weird and it feel strange at first....but, it cleans out your nasal track like nothing else......if you have a virus, you might have to let that run it;s course.

My wife got one of these for me years ago for my hay fever. I not do have a problem with seasonal allergies any longer. It works.

67 jorline  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:34pm

Simple questions from simple people...Mos Def is a dumb fuck!

68 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:36pm

Boastful Ignorance: Taking pride in ones absent position on a topic. Tends to divert the conversation to personal courage for taking a contrarian position as opposed to the contrarian position itself. Also see Mos Def.

69 daddycrack  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:40pm

Is that really how Mos Def speaks? He sounds so bad. A man being in his mid thirties that still speaks like a 17 year old is in arrested development. But that is apparent in more than just his speech.

70 jaunte  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:33:52pm

re: #61 albusteve

it's about Maher acquiring eyeballs/ratings.

71 BryanS  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:02pm

re: #2 Charles

I always found that a good antihistimine helps with excess mucus. Benadryl and Nyquil both are good, containing strong antihistimine allergy drugs. They are especially good for when you head to sleep since they will of course make you drowsy.

72 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:12pm

re: #44 astronmr20

It was a good conversation. Hitchens and Rushdie generally nailed it.

Disappointing is Mos Def, who asks questions so stupid ("What is the Taliban's political goal?"), that it almost seems that he is asking them rhetorically.

It's a shame. His art is good, and he's a decent actor. Anyone seen the Hitchhikers' Guide movie?


I liked him in Hitchhikers.

73 Shay4l  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:15pm

Mos Def is a hive of ... oh forget it

74 albusteve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:16pm

who is mos def?

75 David Simon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:29pm

re: #23 BryanS

Hitchens is always fun listening to when he's taking someone to task. Watching him take Mos Def to task was like watching the clubbing of baby seals.

Totally disagree. Baby seals are cute and innocent, as opposed to Mos Def who's cacophonous and ignorant.

76 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:34pm

Charles,
Of course we are neglecting every grandma's favorite remedy..homemade chicken soup.

77 daddycrack  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:39pm

I guess I should expect it. That along with the stench of a troofer.

78 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:45pm

Wow! What an idiot- he thought Bill Maher set that up? I wonder if he even knows what the word "caliphate" means.

79 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:34:48pm

re: #61 albusteve

Balance. He's twice as dumb as Hitch and Rushdie together...

80 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:35:08pm

littleoldlady swears by Zicam!

81 astronmr20  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:35:27pm

Hatch has balls. Good on him.

82 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:35:36pm

The poor guy was just out of his league. I was about to call soft racism on this clip but I think they rapper is right; Maher shouldn't have booked him on a show with Hitch and Rushdie. It just wasn't a fair fight.

83 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:36:06pm

"I don't believe that someone is bad just because CNN, or you, or you, or you says so".

-Mos Def

"If planes flying into buildings does not convince you that someone is bad, than you are either a full blown, blinkered idiot; or a morally corrupt shit for brains".

-Slumbering Behemoth

84 albusteve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:36:10pm

who is Mos Def?...is it complicated?

85 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:36:17pm

The big picture problem here is that a misplaced sense of democracy, coupled with an arrogant elitist contempt for the masses and stirred with fear of the potentially violent "other" have laid the public square open to idiocy. 50 years ago it would have been normal to have someone walk up to a Mos Def and say "You are an idiot and no your opinion is not worth as much as anyone else's so shut up and go away." The problem starts in school where children learn that teachers can not discipline them for being obnoxious and contrarian so they develop this tired trick.

86 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:36:18pm

Saline mist up each nostril until it hit the back of your throat, then snot rocket. Its nasty but it'll clear you out immediately

87 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:36:43pm
We're just waiting to see evidence that you do that

OUCH!

88 Dr. Shalit  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:36:52pm

re: #3 Sharmuta

What is the taliban's manifesto? Dude- it's called the koran

Sharmuta -

Plus the Sunna and Hadith to put a finer point on it. Poop like blowing up Buddah Statues, considered to be works of art by most of the world, and such.
The Mos Defs of the world will always see it as a matter of culture and skin color until the knife slits their necks. This is his upbringing, you can't change it.

-S-

89 jaunte  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:36:57pm

re: #84 albusteve

Dante Terrell Smith
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

90 daddycrack  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:00pm

re: #84 albusteve

He is a rapper and an actor. He has been in 7 blocks and something the lord made. He is also a 911 troofer and a kook of the first order.

91 yochanan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:07pm

mos def is just a rich dumb rapper
no surprise

92 albusteve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:09pm

Mos Def is a rapper...okay...thanks everyone

93 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:12pm

re: #84 albusteve

who is Mos Def?...is it complicated?

Rapper

94 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:22pm

anything that says Homeopathy on it is a fake.
Don't buy it

95 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:33pm

Mos Def is mos def a babbling idiot. WTF are people thinking in having him in the same room as Rushdie and Hitchens? Seriously, I thought the whole point of Ali G was to put an end to this sort of thing.

96 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:38pm

My biggest problem with moderated roundtables like this is when the moderator doesn't allow a response to be finished. Mos idiot asked a question, and at no time did I see Bill allow either Hitch or Rushdie to answer him. He needed to shut that idiot up with a pointed comment along the lines of, "did you want an answer to your question or not?"

97 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:43pm

Hot baths raise the body temperature like a fever

Check out this Life Hack for beating the flu

“At the first sign that you are catching a flu, heat your whole body temperature up to a mild fever, 102.0° F, by any means readily available. Use an oral fever thermometer to get it right. Ideally this self-induced fever can be produced by immersing yourself in a bath of 103° F water for five minutes followed by raising the water temperature to 106° F for about ten minutes. After adjusting the bath to 106° F, which will feel a bit uncomfortable, just lie there deep in the water and soak in the heat and let the tub temperature drift back down to about 105° F, by the end of the ten minute period. You may have to reheat the water to keep it at 105°-106° F. Use your oral thermometer to measure your mouth temperature and the bath temperature alternately until your mouth temperature reaches 102° F. After the heat soak get out and towel off. Then rest and perspire and let your body adjust to its natural temperature. Do this two times per day for three days and once a day for three more days. That’s it.”
In discussing this procedure with my friends it seems near impossible for them not to get the wrong idea—that they are cooking the flu germs. It can not be emphasized enough that this is wrong. You can’t kill the germs without killing yourself first because they can take more heat than you can. What is happening with this procedure is that you are alerting your body’s natural infection fighting mechanisms, such as the macrophages, that there is work that they need to be attending to.

more

98 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:51pm

re: #86 Dan G.

Turmeric is also a great natural decongestant. I'll stuff it into gel caps and pop them like candy to clear sinuses. Curry also helps.

99 astronmr20  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:51pm

Bill Mahr set it up with a pretty good question.

MosDef launches into an off-topic ad hominem rhetoric filled diatribe in the last 1/4 of the conversation... i.e: "you don't know me.. i've got nothing to prove," etc etc etc ad infinitum.

Completely dodged Hitchens' answer to his question.

More troubling is the number of audience members who clapped for that shit.

100 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:37:59pm

We take vitamin D and zinc supplements here. Highly recommended for good health.

101 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:38:01pm

re: #88 Dr. Shalit

But that stuff isn't necessarily true just because CNN said it.

/Big time.

You have to understand that he doesn't believe anything that comes from white people, Mos Def is a racist.

102 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:38:10pm

Isn't this the same Bill Maher show where you had Detective Munch from Homicide: Life on the Street say that American troops STATIONED IN IRAQ that claimed the picture the media portrayed wasn't as dire as they claimed were ignorant buffoons, just plain naiive or Pentagon propagandists becuase they didn't read the New York Times every morning like he did?

103 OldLineTexan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:38:14pm

Large Chinese clan:
Mos Def
Mos Green
Mos Eisley
Mos Tard
Mos Quito

104 stuck in california  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:38:25pm

Drinking thread? Mucus and an idiot..heh

105 astronmr20  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:38:31pm

re: #84 albusteve

Google.

106 kingkenrod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:38:36pm

I would watch Maher's show, even though I disagree with him about most things, but his brain-dead lefty audience ruins the show. Bill Maher lets his audience drag his show down to the level of Morton Downey Jr. or Jerry Springer with its display of ignorant mass psychology. It's embarrassingly anti-intellectual, I wonder if Maher realizes that or if he cares - Maher may be the kind of guy who can't say no to getting his ego stroked.

107 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:38:56pm

re: #66 Desert Dog

Neti Pot

it looks weird and it feel strange at first....but, it cleans out your nasal track like nothing else......if you have a virus, you might have to let that run it;s course.

My wife got one of these for me years ago for my hay fever. I not do have a problem with seasonal allergies any longer. It works.

YES! My kids swear by the netti pot for all their cold and allergies. I cant stand water in my nose.

108 NelsFree  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:39:09pm

While we're on drugs-er, I mean, the SUBJECT of drugs, I've got a question. I've seen this commercial for Symbicort, an inhaler for asthma. The attractive lady with the glowing lungs walks around talking about her deal, then describes the drug. She says,"Symbicort contains Ford Motor Oil". Now, why would they put that in a drug? What about Chevrolet motor oil? Heck, the car companies don't even make motor oil! Also, why do they only show her silhouette? Is she in the Witness Protection Program? I'm confused.
/

109 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:39:13pm

re: #97 DistantThunder

I've done this, but not highly calibrated. Hot showers followed by sweats and blankets.

110 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:39:35pm

re: #63 DistantThunder

I love how he states that he has a right to believe whatever he wants to believe. This is anti-intellectualism.

You nailed it. Bill Maher's audience as well as the younger folk will pander to douchebags like Mos Def because he is a rapper. Whatever happened to looking up to smart people?

111 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:39:37pm

What a moron.

*15k*

*bows*

112 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:39:52pm

re: #84 albusteve

who is Mos Def?...is it complicated?

I thought you were being sarcastic when you first asked. He is a rapper, and he's not terribly bad at that. At thinking critically, however....

113 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:06pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

A sign of "dirll here, drill now" over your sinuses?

114 astronmr20  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:25pm

re: #106 kingkenrod

I would watch Maher's show, even though I disagree with him about most things, but his brain-dead lefty audience ruins the show. Bill Maher lets his audience drag his show down to the level of Morton Downey Jr. or Jerry Springer with its display of ignorant mass psychology. It's embarrassingly anti-intellectual, I wonder if Maher realizes that or if he cares - Maher may be the kind of guy who can't say no to getting his ego stroked.


Good point. I could actually stand to watch the show if the audience didn't cheer at every ignorance-dripping left-wing buzzword that's uttered by any guest. It does drag the show down considerably.

115 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:37pm

re: #97 DistantThunder

I think you can do just about anything for 6 days and get over the flu. That sounds like Daisy Moses' cure for the cold.

116 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:41pm

Notice how in the beginning Maher tried to compare the election of Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan to the Taliban being bought up by Al-Qaeda.

117 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:43pm

re: #82 Killgore Trout

Where is Mos Def's responsibility to say "No, I don't want to do your show"? He said it himself- he thinks for himself, so why did he agree to do it?

118 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:45pm

re: #103 OldLineTexan

Large Chinese clan:
Mos Def
Mos Green
Mos Eisley
Mos Tard
Mos Quito


Don't forget the Mos Krat clan!

119 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:45pm

re: #19 Afrocity

(Please let a certain poster stand next to the stairs)

fixed

120 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:40:58pm

Chicken soup contains gamma globulins, the science supports it.

121 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:41:07pm

wow. I listened to 9 minutes of mos def and I feel dumber for it.

but I love Hitchens. God, that man is brilliant

122 Streetfighter  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:41:20pm

This guy is unbelievable. Where do they get them from? My oh my oh my this is what I have to battle? Intellectually defenseless. How does one approach a vacuum?

123 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:41:52pm

I don't know whether anyone has heard this yet but it looks like Angela Merkel has put the kibosh on O's dream of a global New Deal.. Go Angie!

124 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:03pm

re: #112 Slumbering Behemoth

I thought you were being sarcastic when you first asked. He is a rapper, and he's not terribly bad at that. At thinking critically, however....

Critical thinking is to rapper as nice pair of shoes is to a fish.

125 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:06pm

re: #122 Streetfighter

This guy is unbelievable. Where do they get them from? My oh my oh my this is what I have to battle? Intellectually defenseless. How does one approach a vacuum?


even Maher thinks he's a shit for brains and that is saying a lot

126 OldLineTexan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:10pm

re: #118 Fenway_Nation

Don't forget the Mos Krat clan!

I guess there's no Mos Krat luv for me.

/

127 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:11pm

re: #66 Desert Dog

Neti Pot

it looks weird and it feel strange at first....but, it cleans out your nasal track like nothing else......if you have a virus, you might have to let that run it;s course.

My wife got one of these for me years ago for my hay fever. I not do have a problem with seasonal allergies any longer. It works.

I've been using this for many years now - great for allergies, and also to relieve congestion if you have a cold.
great.

128 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:31pm

re: #115 Mich-again

I think you can do just about anything for 6 days and get over the flu. That sounds like Daisy Moses' cure for the cold.

The flu can last up to 3 weeks. I know. I use the hot showers for colds and it does seem to at least help temporarily.

129 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:32pm

Mos Def versus Hitchens is an example of what is commonly referred to as Disproportionate Response.

130 wordsworth  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:32pm

He just asked a dumb question, while playing naive, and he got called out on it. His politics are just empty rhetoric, but even when it was explained to him, he still refused to take the point....so why was he on the show? I don't think he came off incoherent, he's just ignorant and wants to buy into this Lefty fantasy narrative.

Nobody on the show managed to get through to him, and that's the problem we face. What you just saw represents a large youth population group think in our country. Instead of writing them off as incoherent we need to figure out how to get through to such zombies, or at least stop them from thinking their uneducated voices are valid.

131 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:39pm

re: #98 Killgore Trout

I typically use white pepper dumped liberally into a just-shy-of-scalding soup.

132 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:43pm

I'm strong enough to hold an unpopular idea. I have the right to feel that.

WTF?

133 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:42:58pm

re: #123 Bobblehead

I don't know whether anyone has heard this yet but it looks like Angela Merkel has put the kibosh on O's dream of a global New Deal.. Go Angie!

No one wants to partner with Obama.

134 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:43:04pm

Poor, Charles. I hope you feel better soon.

135 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:43:05pm

The fucked up thing is that I personnaly know many college graduates that think Mos Def is intelligent.

136 astronmr20  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:43:15pm

re: #123 Bobblehead

I don't know whether anyone has heard this yet but it looks like Angela Merkel has put the kibosh on O's dream of a global New Deal.. Go Angie!

...who would have thought that German socialists would have to be the ones to put their foot down to this madness.

It's sad.

137 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:43:15pm

Brief description of the clip in this post:
Mos Def trying to sound like he is Mos Smart, ending up sounding Mos Stupid and trying to talk his way out of it.

138 jorline  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:43:28pm

Mos Def is living proof that everything doesn't evolve equally.

139 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:43:43pm

re: #130 wordsworth

He just asked a dumb question, while playing naive, and he got called out on it. His politics are just empty rhetoric, but even when it was explained to him, he still refused to take the point....so why was he on the show? I don't think he came off incoherent, he's just ignorant and wants to buy into this Lefty fantasy narrative.

Nobody on the show managed to get through to him, and that's the problem we face. What you just saw represents a large youth population group think in our country. Instead of writing them off as incoherent we need to figure out how to get through to such zombies, or at least stop them from thinking their uneducated voices are valid.

The simple answer to his question was: World Domination, and turning the rest of us into slaves.

140 NelsFree  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:44:03pm

re: #122 Streetfighter

How does one approach a vacuum?

With suction cups?

141 David Simon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:44:04pm

re: #44 astronmr20

Disappointing is Mos Def, who asks questions so stupid ("What is the Taliban's political goal?"), that it almost seems that he is asking them rhetorically.

Even more disappointing: Why did he go on national television so unprepared? If you want to find out about the Taliban, surely you could read at least one book that would keep you from asking the idiotic questions that he did. Yet he didn't seem the slightest bit embarrassed by his ignorance. And the crowd, at times, rewarded his idiocy with applause. As sad a pop culture spectacle as I've ever seen.

142 BillLangston  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:44:14pm

re: #83 Slumbering Behemoth

Bingo!

SF
Bill

143 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:44:29pm

re: #132 MandyManners

I'm strong enough to hold an unpopular idea. I have the right to feel that.

WTF?


he also believes in leprechauns FWIW

144 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:44:41pm

re: #129 Mich-again

Mos Def versus Hitchens is an example of what is commonly referred to as Disproportionate Response.

A fly swatter v. a nuclear weapon.

145 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:06pm

re: #141 David Simon

And the crowd, at times, rewarded his idiocy with applause.

I noticed that too.

146 wordsworth  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:35pm

Also, for those who don't know, Mos Def isn't juts a rapper, he started as an actor (before rapping) and is a fixture on the Free Palestine shuck and jive circuit.

147 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:37pm

re: #130 wordsworth

He just asked a dumb question, while playing naive, and he got called out on it. His politics are just empty rhetoric, but even when it was explained to him, he still refused to take the point....so why was he on the show? I don't think he came off incoherent, he's just ignorant and wants to buy into this Lefty fantasy narrative.

Nobody on the show managed to get through to him, and that's the problem we face. What you just saw represents a large youth population group think in our country. Instead of writing them off as incoherent we need to figure out how to get through to such zombies, or at least stop them from thinking their uneducated voices are valid.

This guy cannot be gotten through to. His entire world view is based on the "community" he calls his own, where people like the Black Panther he mentioned end up in jail for no reason at all, so therefore he has a reason not to trust anything or anybody.

Terrible reasoning. Actually, none at all. But that's the reasoning he grew up surrounded by, and that's what he'll take to his grave.

148 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:40pm

re: #144 MandyManners

A fly swatter v. a nuclear weapon.

a fly swatter vs a fly

149 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:42pm

re: #121 Shug

Always great to see Hitchens in action.

150 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:44pm

re: #144 MandyManners

A fly swatter v. a nuclear weapon.

Comparing Mos Def to a flyswatter is unfair. Flyswatters serve a useful purpose.

151 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:48pm

re: #143 Shug

he also believes in leprechauns FWIW

They're magically delicious!

152 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:56pm

re: #141 David Simon

Even more disappointing: Why did he go on national television so unprepared? If you want to find out about the Taliban, surely you could read at least one book that would keep you from asking the idiotic questions that he did. Yet he didn't seem the slightest bit embarrassed by his ignorance. And the crowd, at times, rewarded his idiocy with applause. As sad a pop culture spectacle as I've ever seen.

The left are often taken in by the red herring goals of criminals - "we just want food for our children, and a roof over our heads, and be left in peace" - when they really want world domination.

153 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:45:59pm

re: #123 Bobblehead

I don't know whether anyone has heard this yet but it looks like Angela Merkel has put the kibosh on O's dream of a global New Deal.. Go Angie!

The fallback defense for the left will be to say that Obama is brilliantly getting other nations to step up to the plate. He is so demonstrably incompetent that those who used to be Free Riders are now in a panic about how to shift without a USA to lean on.

154 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:46:02pm

re: #128 DistantThunder

The flu can last up to 3 weeks. I know. I use the hot showers for colds and it does seem to at least help temporarily.

Do you know its influenza or is that just a term for really bad cold.

155 Sheila Broflovski  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:46:12pm

They should get Ali G to explain da shit to Mos Def.

156 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:46:42pm

re: #146 wordsworth

Also, for those who don't know, Mos Def isn't juts a rapper, he started as an actor (before rapping) and is a fixture on the Free Palestine shuck and jive circuit.

He knows Hamas has a charter. Does he know what that charter says?

157 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:46:43pm

re: #132 MandyManners

I have the right to feel that.

There ya go. The result of our fabulous public education system, where everyone knows their rights, everyone's feelings are valid, and everyone gets a trophy just for showing up.

158 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:46:48pm

67 million mos defs gave us Obama

159 el matamoros  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:46:58pm

Im 85% sure that Mos Def is a muslim. Kinda like Dave Chapell. Meaning that he converted after he saw that Spike lee movie about Malcolm X but before 9-11. So now he just goes around babbling the same shit that the "arab street" does. Ah well, life goes on.

160 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:03pm

re: #129 Mich-again

Mos Def versus Hitchens is an example of what is commonly referred to as Disproportionate Response.

Yeah, its more like a match between a toad and a steamroller.

161 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:10pm

re: #141 David Simon

Even more disappointing: Why did he go on national television so unprepared? If you want to find out about the Taliban, surely you could read at least one book that would keep you from asking the idiotic questions that he did. Yet he didn't seem the slightest bit embarrassed by his ignorance. And the crowd, at times, rewarded his idiocy with applause. As sad a pop culture spectacle as I've ever seen.

He was unprepared because he is unaware of what is going on in the world around him, outside of what he terms "his community". That is all that concerns him. And I too was most distressed to notice that yes, the audience did seem to be rewarding his idiocy with applause. It's the PC thing to do.

162 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:17pm

re: #154 Mich-again

Do you know its influenza or is that just a term for really bad cold.

Influenza

163 jcm  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:20pm

re: #156 MandyManners

He knows Hamas has a charter. Does he know what that charter says?

He's wondering when the bus will show up..........

164 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:31pm

Watching the end of"Ben-Hur". Always uplifting.

165 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:33pm

re: #124 Aviator

Critical thinking is to rapper as nice pair of shoes is to a fish.

I'll have to respectfully disagree. There are some hip-hop artists out there who are sharp. I can't come up with an example right off the cuff as I am a metal head, and that is the music scene I follow, but statistics and numbers being what they are, it should bear out that there are rappers out there capable of critical thought.

166 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:33pm

A five-year-old boy and his grandfather are sitting on the front porch together, when grandpa pulled a beer out of the cooler. The little boy asked, "Grandpa, can I have a beer?" Grandpa replied, "Can your pecker touch your ass?" The little boy answered, "No Grandpa, it's just a little pecker!" Grandpa said, "Then you're not man enough to have a beer."

A little later Grandpa lit up a cigar. The little boy asked, "Grandpa, can I have a cigar?" Once again, Grandpa asked, "Can your pecker touch your ass?" The little boy answered "no," again. Grandpa said, "Then you're not man enough to have a cigar."

A little later, the boy came out of the house with some cookies and milk. Grandpa asked, "Can I have a cookie?" The boy asked, "Can your pecker touch your ass?" Grandpa replied, "Hell yeah, my pecker can touch my ass!"

The boy replied, "Then go f**k yourself! Grandma made these for me."

167 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:48pm

re: #141 David Simon

Yet he didn't seem the slightest bit embarrassed by his ignorance. And the crowd, at times, rewarded his idiocy with applause.

It may be approval or the baying mob that would encourage a depressive to jump or urge the skinny kid to go get punched out. They love a fight and want to see anyone humiliated.

168 Only The Lurker Knows  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:51pm

Well that was painful. Time to call it a night and get some food in the belly.

Fair Winds and a Following Sea Lizards

L8R

169 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:47:55pm

re: #141 David Simon

Even more disappointing: Why did he go on national television so unprepared? If you want to find out about the Taliban, surely you could read at least one book that would keep you from asking the idiotic questions that he did. Yet he didn't seem the slightest bit embarrassed by his ignorance. And the crowd, at times, rewarded his idiocy with applause. As sad a pop culture spectacle as I've ever seen.

He doesn't believe what the MFM tell him so, why would he believe what he could read in a book?

170 jantjepietje  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:02pm

re: #24 albusteve

this black guy is an idiot....and he speaks for half the country I'd imagine...."what's a coran?"....some new countertop?

Mos Def is a muslim so he defeniatly knows what a koran is he just doesn't want to know what other muslims might do

171 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:08pm

re: #156 MandyManners

He knows Hamas has a charter. Does he know what that charter says?

I'm sure he does and tacitly approves of it although he would deny it.

172 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:19pm

Mos Def : "It's never been explained to me" - spoken like his ignorance is the fault of others. 'The system has failed me!'

173 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:29pm

Nobody should have the flu this year. Unlike last year the vaccine was quite effective.

174 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:35pm

I'm still trying to figure out what Joanne Chesimard a.k.a. Assata Shakur has to do with the Taliban.

175 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:44pm

re: #159 el matamoros

WTH? Don't assume shit about people's faith.

176 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:44pm

re: #165 Slumbering Behemoth

I'll have to respectfully disagree. There are some hip-hop artists out there who are sharp. I can't come up with an example right off the cuff as I am a metal head, and that is the music scene I follow, but statistics and numbers being what they are, it should bear out that there are rappers out there capable of critical thought.

I would submit they are in the minority.

177 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:49pm

re: #157 Killer Tomato

There ya go. The result of our fabulous public education system, where everyone knows their rights, everyone's feelings are valid, and everyone gets a trophy just for showing up.

I knew I wasn't the only one who got that.

178 Shay4l  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:48:50pm

I watched it, and the only response the moron could come up with is "I don't believe anything from whitey", and "I can't express a coherent thought of my own". He never answered a direct question with anything resembling a fact.

179 sprucepinehollow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:49:10pm

re: #158 Shug

Sad but true... he got the mos votes.

180 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:49:14pm

re: #163 jcm

He's wondering when the bus will show up..........

I bet he was on FCBBHO's bus.

181 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:49:25pm

Hitchens is brilliant as usual. I've read and admired him for years, long before 9-11. He is an honest leftist and I have long respected him for that.
Mos Def is a maroon.

182 David Simon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:49:35pm

re: #80 Sharmuta

littleoldlady swears by Zicam!

It's good, but this is better: When you feel that pre-cold sore throat coming on, stir a teaspoon of salt into warm water and gargle the whole thing. Once in the morning when you wake up; once at night before you go to bed. Do it until you no longer feel the discomfort.

Zycam will shorten the duration of the cold; saltwater will prevent it from happening in the first place.

183 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:49:39pm

re: #132 MandyManners

I'm strong enough to hold an unpopular idea. I have the right to feel that.

WTF?

Yes. And you know what it means when they say "I have a right to feel that." It means that it overpowers all other rational thought and ideology. In the liberals point of view that would mean that Mos Def's ideas are more worthy of "empowerment" because he "deserves" more credit because of his "needs." Thus the leftists would see Mos Def as being right and Hitchens as being wrong.

184 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:49:52pm

Mos' mask has slipped quite a bit.

185 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:50:03pm

Who was this Black Panther prison escapee in Cuba that he was championing? Someone who was guilty as sin and convicted in a court of law.

186 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:50:07pm

re: #171 DistantThunder

I'm sure he does and tacitly approves of it although he would deny it.

Would it hurt him with his fans if he did?

187 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:50:17pm

Mos Def turned on Maher at the end as if he had set him up, that he was ganged up on, and that Maher "must have known some of this was going to happen." Loved it. Hitchens also turned on Maher for not treating him well. "I'm your guest." Rushdie looked like he wanted to be anywhere else most of the time, or at least not sitting so close to MD. I liked the whole awkward mess.

188 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:50:18pm

re: #160 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, its more like a match between a toad and a steamroller.

That never ends well for the toad.

189 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:50:21pm

re: #172 Jimmah

Mos Def : "It's never been explained to me" - spoken like his ignorance is the fault of others. 'The system has failed me!'

Yes! I noticed that too. His ignorance of the subject is something that somebody else has done to him, by failing to properly explain to him what's going on. Never mind that Hitchens and Rushdie were trying to explain it to him and he kept talking over them and not listening -

190 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:50:28pm

re: #186 MandyManners

Would it hurt him with his fans if he did admit it?

191 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:50:31pm

I wish Ann Coulter had been there.

192 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:00pm

re: #191 DistantThunder

Why?!

193 Only The Lurker Knows  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:02pm

re: #147 reine.de.tout

Reine, I sent you an E-mail, re a post on the cookbook site. Please disregard, but my next one will have a couple of recipes.

M.M.

194 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:07pm

re: #185 lifeofthemind

Who was this Black Panther prison escapee in Cuba that he was championing? Someone who was guilty as sin and convicted in a court of law.

Assata Shakur

195 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:14pm

re: #173 Shug

Nobody should have the flu this year. Unlike last year the vaccine was quite effective.

I got a flu shot. I didn't have the flu. I got a whopping head cold. Sounds like that's what Charles has also.

196 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:14pm

Okay, that was amusing. Hitchens is just a trouble causer. :-)

197 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:17pm

re: #176 Aviator

I would submit they are in the minority.

And I would agree. Critical thinkers are a minority in any demographic. In other words "Common sense ain't that common".

198 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:26pm

re: #184 Racer X

Mos' mask has slipped quite a bit.

I hope this doesn't spoil my watching Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from this point on.......

199 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:51:39pm

re: #159 el matamoros

Im 85% sure that Mos Def is a muslim. Kinda like Dave Chapell. Meaning that he converted after he saw that Spike lee movie about Malcolm X but before 9-11. So now he just goes around babbling the same shit that the "arab street" does. Ah well, life goes on.

This kind of comment is why I hesitated before posting this.

200 pat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:52:15pm

I have never understood why people think Bill Maher is intelligent. He is an ignorant fool, pretending at intellect. Apparently at one time he was thought funny. As for the idiot rapper, no words are necessary.

201 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:52:24pm

re: #193 Bubblehead II

Reine, I sent you an E-mail, re a post on the cookbook site. Please disregard, but my next one will have a couple of recipes.

M.M.

er . . . OK.

202 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:52:28pm

re: #159 el matamoros

Im 85% sure that Mos Def is a muslim. Kinda like Dave Chapell. Meaning that he converted after he saw that Spike lee movie about Malcolm X but before 9-11. So now he just goes around babbling the same shit that the "arab street" does. Ah well, life goes on.

Link?

203 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:52:39pm

re: #195 Killer Tomato

I got a flu shot. I didn't have the flu. I got a whopping head cold. Sounds like that's what Charles has also.

Same here. Mine lasted 4 weeks........just got over it.

204 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:04pm

re: #173 Shug

Nobody should have the flu this year. Unlike last year the vaccine was quite effective.

I dunno. I got the vaccine and I still caught a nasty bug this month. It cost me a schedule change that did not favor me when I had to call in sick, put me off my feed for days and hurt my sales numbers. I may have to transfer locations to keep from being written up.

(sorry about the rant, but I had a nasty day at work, though I didn't actually get in trouble.)

205 burntjohn  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:09pm

Mos Def represents a lot.

206 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:31pm

re: #185 lifeofthemind

Who was this Black Panther prison escapee in Cuba that he was championing? Someone who was guilty as sin and convicted in a court of law.

Another cop killer, the left loves and reveres cop killers. We have Mumia here in Philly. Witnesses saw him fire the gun, then get hit, then get arrested, never taking their eyes off the guy. The gun he used was registered to him, and he was wearing and empty holster when arrested - but he claim - he didn't go it and the many on the left believe him.

His poster was put up at the Quakers Friend's in Philly on Peace Day. True.

207 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:32pm

For the Zicam afficionados, including the sickest man on the radio Rush Limbaugh

Zinc has generally been administered by the oral route in studies of prevention or treatment of the common cold. The purpose of these studies was to evaluate the effectiveness of intranasal zinc gluconate for prevention of experimental rhinovirus infection and illness. Ninety-one volunteers, 41 treated with active medication and 50 treated with placebo, received study medication for 3 days, were inoculated with rhinovirus, and then were treated with study medication for an additional 6 days. Rhinovirus infection was documented in 37 (74%) of the 50 placebo-treated volunteers and in 32 (78%) of the 41 volunteers treated with active medication. Zinc treatment had no effect on total symptom score, rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, or the proportion of infected volunteers who developed clinical colds. These data do not support a role for intranasal zinc gluconate for prevention or treatment of the common cold.

[Link: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...]

208 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:34pm

re: #202 MandyManners

Link?

[Link: www.beliefnet.com...]

209 BillLangston  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:50pm

DistantThunder, your 'remedy' sounds very interesting but I wonder if Charles actually has the 'bug' or just a very bad case of 'hay fever'? In my part of the world the place is covered with yellow pollen and I am suffering just like him because of it.

One way to tell is to blow your nose and examine the mucus; if it is more or less clear and not yellowish then it is probably hay fever. If it is sort of yellow then you have an infection.

SF
Bill

re: #97 DistantThunder

Hot baths raise the body temperature like a fever

Check out this Life Hack for beating the flu


more

210 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:55pm

re: #202 MandyManners

Link?

[Link: www.beliefnet.com...]

211 David Simon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:53:56pm

re: #132 MandyManners

I'm strong enough to hold an unpopular idea. I have the right to feel that.

WTF?

lol. Today, shouting down a panel of late middle-aged men. Tomorrow, leading an elite Delta Force commando team in battle in the Hindu Kush mountains. Strong, my ass.

212 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:54:06pm
213 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:54:12pm

re: #193 Bubblehead II

Reine, I sent you an E-mail, re a post on the cookbook site. Please disregard, but my next one will have a couple of recipes.

M.M.

did you know that e-mail address you sent from cannot be replied to?
Or is the problem on my end?

214 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:54:44pm
215 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:06pm

re: #203 LGoPs

Same here. Mine lasted 4 weeks........just got over it.

No flu here this year, but I did have some nasty viral pneumonia in January. I have never had that before and do not care to get it again. Usually, my kids bring home the disease du jour, but so far I've escaped the "Ebola and Black Death" the rest of my family seems to get every winter.

216 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:11pm

re: #204 Dark_Falcon

I dunno. I got the vaccine and I still caught a nasty bug this month. It cost me a schedule change that did not favor me when I had to call in sick, put me off my feed for days and hurt my sales numbers. I may have to transfer locations to keep from being written up.

(sorry about the rant, but I had a nasty day at work, though I didn't actually get in trouble.)

well it probably wasn't influenza

217 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:15pm

re: #169 MandyManners

He doesn't believe what the MFM tell him so, why would he believe what he could read in a book?

He must listen to the voices in his head. What was funny is that he kept asking the guys with him there to explain to him about the Taliban and Al Qaeda platforms, and then said he doesn't just believe what people tell him. He's his own man, he makes up his own mind.

218 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:21pm

re: #194 Gus 802

Assata Shakur

Guilty as Sin, Free as a Bird

219 offensive_username  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:26pm

Hitchens is so much smarter than most people it is possible he didn't even notice anything different between this and his usual debates with the likes of Mark Danner. As usual, his opponent's points got the most applause from the audience...

220 Dustyvet  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:27pm

Somebody needs to loosen up the set screws that hold Mos Def baseball cap on.

221 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:49pm

re: #208 Gus 802

[Link: www.beliefnet.com...]

Mos Def, however, represents arguably the first time that an artist, solidly wedded to the orthodoxy of the religion, has stepped into mainstream popularity with a complete, well-articulated Islamic message as part and parcel of that popularity.

Born Dante Smith in 1974, the 27-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., native first learned the importance of Islam from his father, who was a member of the Nation of Islam before becoming an active member in the community of Imam Warithdeen Muhammad (the son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad who brought the Nation of Islam into orthodoxy in 1976).

Raised by his mother in Brooklyn, across the river from his father's home in New Jersey, Mos didn't receive a formal introduction to Islam until adolescence. "I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13," says Mos. "My dad taught me how to make wudhu [the ritual ablution Muslims perform before prayer]."

It wasn't for another six years, when he was 19, that he took his shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith. He'd gotten there by reading and personal reflection and after getting to know other Muslim rappers, like Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Q-Tip of the group A Tribe Called Quest.

SNIP

222 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:55:58pm

Mos Def: absolves Osama bin Laden

n a display of Left Liberal Culture thinking Mos Def says Americans killed on 9/11 were murdered for valid reasons. Is this the view of many Americans? Is this the view of mainstream Hollywood left?

223 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:56:21pm

Well, if we're talking about work, I work at a technology company somewhat beyond the start-up stage.
We still have beer every Friday evening.
Yesterday, the engineering manager had a bottle of Jack Daniels on his desk.
Bad sign or not?

224 Sheila Broflovski  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:56:21pm

re: #169 MandyManners

He doesn't believe what the MFM tell him so, why would he believe what he could read in a book?

Can he read?

225 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:56:37pm

The more I consider the direction Mr. Definitely's participation in this discussion, the more I come to believe that he is miserably, and amateurishly making an attempt at the Socratic Method of Inquiry.

EPIC FAIL.

226 jorline  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:08pm

Review the video again.

It's clear that Mos Def was participating in "Earth Hour"...his lights were definitely out.

227 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:09pm

re: #221 MandyManners

There you go. See my last link. All is not what it seems with this Mos Def.

228 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:15pm

re: #162 DistantThunder

Influenza

Glad you made it through. Getting sick is no good. In the last month or so I have had immediate family members or in-laws have operations and/or hospital stays at.. Oakwood, Henry Ford, Bon Secours, UM Ann Arbor, Heritage, Childrens Detroit, and Wyandotte. It has been a crazy month.

229 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:16pm

re: #207 Shug

For the Zicam afficionados, including the sickest man on the radio Rush Limbaugh

[Link: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...]

My wife swears by Zicam, but it did nothing for me.

230 Sheila Broflovski  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:36pm

re: #194 Gus 802

Assata Shakur

Related to Tupac?

231 Steve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:39pm

re: #195 Killer Tomato

I got a flu shot. I didn't have the flu. I got a whopping head cold. Sounds like that's what Charles has also.

I have never got a flu shot and have no reason to get one. Everyon that I have worked with/for that has got a flu shot has shown up to work sick.
Not me!

232 jantjepietje  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:40pm

re: #170 jantjepietje
The second half of my comment seems to miss here my apologies

233 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:47pm

Tackling a broad swath of issues that include water rights, African American self-esteem, and the destiny of humankind, Mos enlightens the listener as well as entertains. Taking on such issues, he says, is an Islamic mandate. "If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth," says Mos.

SNIP

234 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:50pm

re: #199 Charles

This kind of comment is why I hesitated before posting this.

His being an uninformed idiot ought to have nothing to do with his religious affiliation.
It's too bad that people made this leap

235 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:58pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

For once, you gave us too much information.

236 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:57:59pm

re: #230 Alouette

Related to Tupac?

I think an aunt. How removed I don't know.

237 Only The Lurker Knows  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:58:02pm

re: #213 reine.de.tout

Check your E-Mail. The problem is on my end.

238 jcm  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:58:07pm

re: #223 Kosh's Shadow

Well, if we're talking about work, I work at a technology company somewhat beyond the start-up stage.
We still have beer every Friday evening.
Yesterday, the engineering manager had a bottle of Jack Daniels on his desk.
Bad sign or not?

Worry when he booze stops. We used to have beer with pizza and on Fridays. Now we only get beer during the company picnic.

239 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:58:09pm

re: #229 Kosh's Shadow

My wife swears by Zicam, but it did nothing for me.

you were right

240 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:58:11pm

re: #222 Gus 802

Mos Def: absolves Osama bin Laden

Yeah. You know what fuck this guy. Liberal garbage.

241 BryanS  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:58:12pm

re: #191 DistantThunder

I wish Ann Coulter had been there.

Has Coulter and Hitchens ever been in a debate? Now that would be entertaining to watch.

242 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:58:50pm

re: #230 Alouette

Related to Tupac?

Assata Shakur is the step-aunt of deceased rapper Tupac Shakur, the sister of his stepfather Mutulu Shakur.

243 Steve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:00pm

re: #230 Alouette

Related to Tupac?

Yes, I believe that she is his step-aunt or something like that.

244 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:07pm

re: #222 Gus 802

Mos Def: absolves Osama bin Laden

In a sane country, no one would have him on TV, radio, or be selling his CDs.
He'd have to get his own web site to sell his music.

245 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:07pm

re: #240 NYCHardhat

Yeah. You know what fuck this guy. Liberal garbage.

Exactly.

246 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:14pm

Charles,

I received an email response from a school board member where the High School had invited Bill Ayers to speak:


Thank you for expressing your concern in a thoughtful manner. There have been many negative emails on this matter and I will respond.

I agree that as a society we cannot tolerate violent change. We must always seek the peaceful resolution. That aspect seems to be the general theme of everyone's concern.

In my opinion, given the well publicized history of events and documented actions (as well as the tenor and response of the community)......Mr. Ayers falls short of the desired persona. It is clear that he is not welcome in our Community.

There will be an update on the disposition of this matter next week. I sincerely appreciate your willingness to express your concern. The mark of a great Community is the care given to their children in promoting learning and providing protection as they feel is appropriate.

Please accept my thanks for voicing your concern.


Thanks,

Terry

Terry Fielden
Naperville School District 203
Board Member
247 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:17pm

re: #223 Kosh's Shadow

Well, if we're talking about work, I work at a technology company somewhat beyond the start-up stage.
We still have beer every Friday evening.
Yesterday, the engineering manager had a bottle of Jack Daniels on his desk.
Bad sign or not?

Hmm..That's a toughie. Could be he received some good news when he was expecting bad and was so relieved he decided to celebrate..It's possible..maybe..

248 Dustyvet  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:36pm

re: #226 jorline

Review the video again.

It's clear that Mos Def was participating in "Earth Hour"...his lights were definitely out.

3 tacos short of the combination plate.

249 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:43pm

re: #210 Aviator

[Link: www.beliefnet.com...]

Looks like a he's Muslim to me. Which means, was just playing dumb when he asked the 3rd grade level questions about the Taliban, or he is a doofus of a high order. I am voting the low wattage bulb route here. He was a 5 watt while the other panelists in the group were 250W spotlights. (Not Bill Maher, he is a florescent 8 watt-er, he just thinks he's bright)

250 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:47pm

re: #189 reine.de.tout

Yes! I noticed that too. His ignorance of the subject is something that somebody else has done to him, by failing to properly explain to him what's going on. Never mind that Hitchens and Rushdie were trying to explain it to him and he kept talking over them and not listening -

I also got a hint of "You're using things I don't know about to prove me wrong - that's not fair"

251 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 8:59:57pm

re: #206 DistantThunder

Another cop killer, the left loves and reveres cop killers. We have Mumia here in Philly. Witnesses saw him fire the gun, then get hit, then get arrested, never taking their eyes off the guy. The gun he used was registered to him, and he was wearing and empty holster when arrested - but he claim - he didn't go it and the many on the left believe him.

His poster was put up at the Quakers Friend's in Philly on Peace Day. True.

Typing with a head cold and a building migraine.

252 David Simon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:00:01pm

re: #231 Steve

I have never got a flu shot and have no reason to get one. Everyon that I have worked with/for that has got a flu shot has shown up to work sick.
Not me!

Yep. And if they don't get the cocktail right (i.e. a different strain hits) you get sick from the shot AND you get the flu.

253 Fenway_Nation  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:00:15pm

OT- but was I supposed to kill the lights for a half-hour to save the earth tonight or what?

254 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:00:23pm

re: #241 BryanS

Has Coulter and Hitchens ever been in a debate? Now that would be entertaining to watch.

Depends on what they were talking about. They might very well agree on some subjects. But if there was a case where they had opposing opinions my money would be on Hitch.

255 Charles Johnson  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:00:50pm

re: #246 Racer X

Charles,

I received an email response from a school board member where the High School had invited Bill Ayers to speak:

Very good news.

256 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:00:56pm

re: #238 jcm

Worry when he booze stops. We used to have beer with pizza and on Fridays. Now we only get beer during the company picnic.

Thanks.
As long as the paychecks keep coming.

257 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:01:01pm

re: #249 Desert Dog

Looks like a he's Muslim to me. Which means, was just playing dumb when he asked the 3rd grade level questions about the Taliban, or he is a doofus of a high order. I am voting the low wattage bulb route here. He was a 5 watt while the other panelists in the group were 250W spotlights. (Not Bill Maher, he is a florescent 8 watt-er, he just thinks he's bright)

But eco friendly.

258 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:01:22pm

re: #255 Charles

Indeed.

259 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:01:25pm

re: #257 Aviator

But eco friendly.

Certified by LEEDS.

//

260 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:01:48pm

re: #212 ploome hineni

guess you haven;t been around too many of these street people

for them, he is normal

and everyone on that panel DELIBERATELY set him up

didn;t you hear him say that?

he wants to know the manifesto of alQaeda.......but doesn;t believe anything Hitchens or Rushdie or Maher tell him

and he will not believe any translation of binLadens' video, because he doesn;t trust the translator

and so he says he wants to know

how he plans to find out is a puzzle he seems unable to wrap (what he calls) his mind around

maybe he is victim to some fetal brain syndrome..

He is unreachable, because he doesn't want to be reached.

261 Steve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:03pm

re: #252 David Simon

Yep. And if they don't get the cocktail right (i.e. a different strain hits) you get sick from the shot AND you get the flu.

Thats it. I had to trade radios with these guys. Told my department head that if I got sick it would not come off my leave.

262 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:05pm

re: #241 BryanS

I might be willing to sell a pinky to see that.

263 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:13pm

re: #209 BillLangston

DistantThunder, your 'remedy' sounds very interesting but I wonder if Charles actually has the 'bug' or just a very bad case of 'hay fever'? In my part of the world the place is covered with yellow pollen and I am suffering just like him because of it.

One way to tell is to blow your nose and examine the mucus; if it is more or less clear and not yellowish then it is probably hay fever. If it is sort of yellow then you have an infection.

SF
Bill

A viral infection isn't necessarily bacterial, so viral mucus can be clear too. I worked for an ENT. Mr DT has bad allergies and once drove his jeep off road through a field of rag weed. His eyes swelled closed with in 5 minutes, and he had a systemic allergic reaction - very scary.

264 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:19pm

re: #216 Shug

well it probably wasn't influenza

It was a very unpleasant virus, whatever it was. Are stomach flus caused by influenza viruses?

265 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:21pm

This family-oriented approach is most evident in Mos' choices about his management. His mother, Sheron, and father, Abdul Rahman--whom he refers to affectionately as Umi and Abi--handle everything, from media calls to general management and corporate strategy. Mos' brother tackles technical matters in the studio, and when it's time to hit the road, the entire clan travels together. "I just try to stay around the right people," says Mos. "I try to stay around family...[try] to stay around people who believe what I believe and [beg] Allah to help me."

His strategy has worked. After the critical acclaim for "Black on Both Sides," Mos was tapped by MTV last year for a recurring role on "The Lyricists Lounge Show." He also appeared in Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" and ABC's "NYPD Blue." Then earlier this year, Nike gave its seal of approval by choosing his track "Umi Says" to score commercials launching Michael Jordan's "Brand Jordan" Nike division. "They just called and said, 'Mos, we'd like to use 'Umi Says,'" he says of the low-key negotiations. "That was it...I wasn't savvy in my presentation at all. It was very natural and plain.

SNIP

266 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:35pm

re: #246 Racer X

Charles,

I received an email response from a school board member where the High School had invited Bill Ayers to speak:

If you go to the bottom of the Ayers thread, you'll see a few other people got the same email, including me.

267 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:37pm

re: #246 Racer X

Mr. Ayers falls short of the desired persona. It is clear that he is not welcome in our Community

Ouch! Thats gonna leave a mark.

268 humpty dumpty was pushed  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:02:45pm

Mos Def-type attitudes are not uncommon among some segments of our people. Be contrary for the sake of it...take pride in mindless combativeness...everything is bullshit. I feel sorry for him.

269 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:03:01pm

re: #255 Charles

Very good news.

Me, too, says he is not their kind of "persona" I'm assuming they mean Non grata.

270 Steve  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:03:01pm

re: #253 Fenway_Nation

OT- but was I supposed to kill the lights for a half-hour to save the earth tonight or what?

I turn on all my lights.

271 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:03:04pm

re: #260 Archimedes

He is unreachable, because he doesn't want to be reached.

.......as is so much of the left. That leaves few options.

272 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:03:32pm

re: #263 DistantThunder

The flu is a lung ailment. Mucus is from the sinuses.

273 OnTheRightSide  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:03:35pm

Awesome.

274 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:03:42pm

re: #258 Racer X

Indeed.

Thank you for sending that letter, Racer X. With luck, Ayers is about to get another de-invitation. That man should not be welcome anywhere as a speaker.

275 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:04:40pm

Giving back to the community is a high priority for Mos. Last spring, he performed at a benefit for breast cancer awareness in Lake Tahoe, Calif., and he will perform in Los Angeles at a benefit to support the legal defense fund of national Muslim leader and former Black Panther activist Imam Jamil al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), who is awaiting trial in Atlanta on controversial murder charges.

SNIP

276 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:05:03pm

re: #247 Bobblehead

Hmm..That's a toughie. Could be he received some good news when he was expecting bad and was so relieved he decided to celebrate..It's possible..maybe..

Well, we just have a board meeting, and they finally got around to giving me the info on my stock options, so they better still be around next November when I can actually exercise them.
Maybe this time, of all the times I've had stock options, they'll actually be worth something.
But I never count on that.

277 lifeofthemind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:05:14pm

re: #246 Racer X

Charles,

I received an email response from a school board member where the High School had invited Bill Ayers to speak:

Good
It would be better if they called him Infandous.

278 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:05:29pm

re: #275 MandyManners

Good find.

279 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:05:57pm

re: #268 humpty dumpty was pushed

Mos Def-type attitudes are not uncommon among some segments of our people. Be contrary for the sake of it...take pride in mindless combativeness...everything is bullshit. I feel sorry for him.

I don't. People like him vote.

280 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:06:00pm

re: #246 Racer X

If you don't like profanity, you should turn away now.

Last chance.....


FUCKING AWESOME! Thanks for sharing that.

281 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:06:28pm

From Flu Facts.com

Different Types of the Flu
The first flu virus was identified in the 1930s (although the flu has probably existed for centuries). Since then, scientists have classified influenza viruses into 3 types, creatively named
A, B, and C.

Influenza Type A is the most common and also the scariest of the three influenzas, causing the most serious epidemics in history.
Influenza Type B flu outbreaks also can cause epidemics, but the disease it produces generally is milder than that caused by type A.
Influenza Type C flu viruses, on the other hand, have never been connected with a large epidemic, usually just causing mild respiratory infections similar to the common cold.

282 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:06:52pm

re: #274 Dark_Falcon

Thank you for sending that letter, Racer X. With luck, Ayers is about to get another de-invitation. That man should not be welcome anywhere as a speaker.

Thanks go to Realwest. I plagiarized his letter, made a few changes and sent it. Sounds like many people got their attention.

283 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:07:06pm

re: #264 Dark_Falcon

It was a very unpleasant virus, whatever it was. Are stomach flus caused by influenza viruses?


nope.
I had the same bug. probably one of those norwalk viruses that shut down cruise ships

284 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:07:41pm
285 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:07:42pm

Mos Def: Truther

He begins to babble around 0:49

The truther bit starts @ 2:40

The audience applauds to everything.

286 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:07:47pm

re: #275 MandyManners

Giving back to the community is a high priority for Mos. Last spring, he performed at a benefit for breast cancer awareness in Lake Tahoe, Calif., and he will perform in Los Angeles at a benefit to support the legal defense fund of national Muslim leader and former Black Panther activist Imam Jamil al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), who is awaiting trial in Atlanta on controversial murder charges.

SNIP

He should contribute to this fine organization.

287 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:07:58pm

re: #274 Dark_Falcon

Thank you for sending that letter, Racer X. With luck, Ayers is about to get another de-invitation. That man should not be welcome anywhere as a speaker.

It's unfortunate that our President clearly welcomes him. And it speaks volumes about our President.

288 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:08:26pm

re: #281 DistantThunder

Influenza Type C flu viruses, on the other hand, have never been connected with a large epidemic, usually just causing mild respiratory infections similar to the common cold.

If its mild, why worry about getting a flu shot.

289 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:08:55pm

re: #283 Shug

nope.
I had the same bug. probably one of those norwalk viruses that shut down cruise ships

The kids brought that bug home from school, and it was really bad.

290 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:08:55pm

Bring em on. I need at least ten updings since I also sent a letter and got the exact response Racer X got. As did two others in the original thread. Come on! Pile em on!

291 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:09:02pm

re: #219 offensive_username

As usual, his opponent's points got the most applause from the audience...

Gotta remember too that Maher's is the audience that Hitch resoundingly flipped off a while back - not a friendly crowd for him.

292 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:09:12pm

re: #278 Mich-again

Good find.

I didn't find it. See Nos. 208 and 210 from Gus and Aviator.

293 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:09:47pm

re: #286 HelloDare

He should contribute to this fine organization.

Or take a course or two!

294 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:09:50pm

re: #189 reine.de.tout

Yes! I noticed that too. His ignorance of the subject is something that somebody else has done to him, by failing to properly explain to him what's going on. Never mind that Hitchens and Rushdie were trying to explain it to him and he kept talking over them and not listening -

Or he could have just said, "No speak English."

295 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:10:00pm

re: #288 Mich-again

If its mild, why worry about getting a flu shot.

People who have impaired immune systems they say do better getting the shot. however, here in FASCIST NEW JERSEY it is now mandatory for school children starting in kindergarten to get a flu shot. Mandatory.

296 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:10:18pm

re: #283 Shug

I had the same bug. probably one of those norwalk viruses that shut down cruise ships

OK your fault. you brought up the virus on the cruise ship . Hey Wha Happened!

297 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:10:28pm

I think Mos Def shows a good example of why we need to defend science education and the ability arrive at conclusions based on empirical evidence. He's a conspiracy nut- he doesn't trust the news, or evidence against anyone he thinks is a victim of the system. (No wonder he converted- it offered him a larger community of "oppressed victims"). When we as a society don't train the mind's of kids to review data to support our conclusions, we end up with people like Mos Def.

298 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:10:35pm

re: #275 MandyManners

Giving back to the community is a high priority for Mos. Last spring, he performed at a benefit for breast cancer awareness in Lake Tahoe, Calif., and he will perform in Los Angeles at a benefit to support the legal defense fund of national Muslim leader and former Black Panther activist Imam Jamil al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), who is awaiting trial in Atlanta on controversial murder charges.

SNIP

What the heck is a "controversial murder charge"?

299 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:10:48pm

re: #289 DistantThunder

The kids brought that bug home from school, and it was really bad.

at least you got it from your kids. My wife and I got it from my freeloader brother in law who knew he was sick and still came over to the superbowl party at my house.

SOB

300 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:10:55pm

re: #289 DistantThunder

The kids brought that bug home from school, and it was really bad.

Kids are like petri dishes. Pink eye, flu, colds, virus'....ugh.

Wash your hands....ALOT

Keep your immune system healthy....not just vitamin c

301 Killian Bundy  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:11:01pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

A neti pots work well for me.

Just don't abuse it . . .

/because that would be bad

302 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:11:23pm

Assata Shakur: The government’s terrorist is our community’s heroine

by Mos Def

Early in May, the federal government issued a statement in which they labeled Joanne Chesimard, known to most in the Black community as Assata Shakur, as a domestic terrorist. In so doing, they also increased the bounty on her head from $150,000 to an unprecedented $1,000,000.

303 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:11:46pm

re: #275 MandyManners

Giving back to the community is a high priority for Mos. Last spring, he performed at a benefit for breast cancer awareness in Lake Tahoe, Calif., and he will perform in Los Angeles at a benefit to support the legal defense fund of national Muslim leader and former Black Panther activist Imam Jamil al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), who is awaiting trial in Atlanta on controversial murder charges.

SNIP

Nothing "controversial" about it. Mr al-Amin is now enjoying a lifetime vacation at Supermax in Florence, CO.

On March 16, 2000, in Fulton County, Georgia, Sheriff's deputies Ricky Kinchen and Aldranon English went to al-Amin's home to serve an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court on a traffic citation of speeding and impersonating a police officer (he showed the officer his honorary badge that was given to him by the city for cleaning up the "West End"). After stopping in front of al-Amin's home and determining that nobody was there they drove away and were passed by a black Mercedes that was heading towards the home. Kinchen (the more senior deputy) watched the suspect vehicle and turned the car around and drove up to it stopping nose to nose. English approached the Mercedes and told the occupant to show his hands. The occupant opened fire with a .223 rifle. English ran but was hit four times. Kinchen was shot with the rifle and a 9mm handgun. The following day, Kinchen died of his wounds in a Georgia hospital. English survived his wounds and identified al-Amin as the shooter from six photos he was shown while recovering in the hospital.

304 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:11:57pm

re: #299 Shug

at least you got it from your kids. My wife and I got it from my freeloader brother in law who knew he was sick and still came over to the superbowl party at my house.

SOB

Why didn't you ask him to leave?!

305 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:12:17pm

re: #302 Gus 802

Assata Shakur: The government’s terrorist is our community’s heroine

by Mos Def

1 million dollars

Sweet. where do I find her?

306 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:12:30pm

BTW- Christopher is exactly right that if (God forbid) an attack happens, it better not be from a released Gitmo detainee, or there will be hell to pay. 0bama will 100% own that.

307 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:12:35pm

re: #302 Gus 802

I wonder if Mos supported the asshole from Oakland - Mixon?

308 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:12:35pm

re: #305 Shug

1 million dollars

Sweet. where do I find her?

Cuba, I think.

309 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:13:03pm

re: #300 Desert Dog

Kids are like petri dishes. Pink eye, flu, colds, virus'....ugh.

Wash your hands....ALOT

Keep your immune system healthy....not just vitamin c

It's like a game of dominos.

310 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:13:04pm

re: #307 Racer X

I wonder if Mos supported the asshole from Oakland - Mixon?

I'm looking for that. No doubt he does.

311 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:13:11pm
312 slotgun  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:13:21pm

Goodness: That was like watching Godzilla vs. Bambi. There's nothing left of Mr. Definitely but the red outline of a big, scaley footprint . . .

313 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:13:37pm

re: #304 MandyManners

Why didn't you ask him to leave?!


we found out later that he'd been up all night barfing and shitting.
at the time all I saw was the usual unshaved lazy fat ass who was sitting at my house doing nothing

314 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:13:40pm

re: #302 Gus 802

Assata Shakur: The government’s terrorist is our community’s heroine

by Mos Def

Which means this guy is highly political and knows exactly who and what the Taliban are, he just happens to agree with many of their objectives.

315 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:04pm

re: #303 doppelganglander

Kinda' like Mumia's and Mixon's murders of cops were controversial.

316 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:10pm

re: #305 Shug

1 million dollars

Sweet. where do I find her?

Cuba, mi amigo

317 humpty dumpty was pushed  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:10pm

re: #279 LGoPs

I don't. People like him vote.


He`s a pathetic character but people like him do vote...in droves. I guess the fact that his mind is ruined bothers me.

318 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:16pm

re: #306 Sharmuta

BTW- Christopher is exactly right that if (God forbid) an attack happens, it better not be from a released Gitmo detainee, or there will be hell to pay. 0bama will 100% own that.

That to me is the thing that Obama has done that really makes no sense from any point of view. WTF was he thinking?

319 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:26pm
320 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:29pm

re: #302 Gus 802

they also increased the bounty on her head from $150,000 to an unprecedented $1,000,000.

Just One million dollars? Huh? Thats not enough.

321 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:42pm

re: #307 Racer X

I wonder if Mos supported the asshole from Oakland - Mixon?

I'd put money on it. i'm sure he'd think Mixon's killing of the officers was ''sniff.....um.....controversial''........
/

322 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:47pm

re: #317 humpty dumpty was pushed

He`s a pathetic character but people like him do vote...in droves. I guess the fact that his mind is ruined bothers me.

Miseducated into useful idiots.

323 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:50pm

re: #313 Shug

we found out later that he'd been up all night barfing and shitting.
at the time all I saw was the usual unshaved lazy fat ass who was sitting at my house doing nothing

I'd think twice about inviting him back.

324 huckfunn  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:14:58pm

re: #2 Charles

Charles:

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I recommend B & B, aka Benedictine & Brandy. I don't know if cuts the mucus but you won't care. Also goes quite well with a Saturday night thread.

325 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:15:01pm

re: #314 DistantThunder

Which means this guy is highly political and knows exactly who and what the Taliban are, he just happens to agree with many of their objectives.

He was probably playing dumb in front of Hitchens. He was also probably self-censoring himself in light of that and withheld other beliefs he would otherwise share with a different panel.

326 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:15:30pm

re: #302 Gus 802

Assata Shakur: The government’s terrorist is our community’s heroine

by Mos Def

Bad, Bad, Sick. Mos Def is a fool, and by supporting a cop killer, he makes himself a villain as well.

327 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:15:41pm

re: #325 Gus 802

He was probably playing dumb in front of Hitchens. He was also probably self-censoring himself in light of that and withheld other beliefs he would otherwise share with a different panel.

No fast moves....like Barack.

328 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:16:20pm

Assata Shakur

This is the woman Mos Def was defending. Isn't she a sweetheart?

329 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:16:21pm

re: #284 ploome hineni

he doesn;t know

he asks what

people tell him

he does not believe what people tell him, saying he has to verify

he is too fucking stupid to know how to verify, or so lazy he doesn;t bother

so he babbles

and reinforces his view of himself as a target a victim

he is a paranoid semi literate moron

I disagree, but only slightly. It is my opinion that he already has his mind made up on the issue, and does not care what anyone tells him that might be contrary.

I do not think his intention behind those questions were to verify anything, but a very poor attempt at asking questions that he was foolish enough to think were cleverly worded enough to get the others on the panel to step on their respective dicks.

His amateur efforts at employing the Socratic Method were easily thwarted, and so he tried to drown out wiser words by babbling over his opponents points.

330 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:16:24pm

re: #327 DistantThunder

No fast moves....like Barack.

I'm willing to bet that Hitchens knew exactly who he was facing.

331 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:16:38pm

re: #325 Gus 802

He was probably playing dumb in front of Hitchens. He was also probably self-censoring himself in light of that and withheld other beliefs he would otherwise share with a different panel.

I'm leaning heavily toward his knowing exactly what he was asking.

332 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:17:06pm

re: #325 Gus 802

He was probably playing dumb in front of Hitchens. He was also probably self-censoring himself in light of that and withheld other beliefs he would otherwise share with a different panel.

In fact, I bet he's trying to recruit his fans.

333 Macker  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:17:14pm

re: #302 Gus 802

Assata Shakur: The government’s terrorist is our community’s heroine

by Mos Def

So he's the guy who plays Ford Prefect? Frak that movie.

334 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:17:16pm

re: #324 huckfunn

Charles:

Sorry to hear of your troubles. I recommend B & B, aka Benedictine & Brandy. I don't know if cuts the mucus but you won't care. Also goes quite well with a Saturday night thread.

This ain't the drinking thread, this is the Saturday Smackdown Thread!

335 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:17:22pm

re: #323 MandyManners

I'd think twice about inviting him back.


they're also the f___heads who brought their snot nosed 2 yr old to visit my 1 day old baby in the hospital and then took offense when I asked them to leave

very germy people. my wife and I never get sick.
I think they are nose pickers and non hand washers, like most people who get lots of colds

336 BryanS  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:18:24pm

re: #301 Killian Bundy

A neti pots work well for me.


[Video]/because that would be bad

Huh...never thought of taking alcohol that way.

337 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:18:33pm

re: #331 MandyManners

I'm leaning heavily toward his knowing exactly what he was asking.

I agree. I think the whole things was a ploy and he knew what he was asking and how to respond to speak to his audience.

338 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:18:33pm

re: #335 Shug

they're also the f___heads who brought their snot nosed 2 yr old to visit my 1 day old baby in the hospital and then took offense when I asked them to leave

very germy people. my wife and I never get sick.
I think they are nose pickers and non hand washers, like most people who get lots of colds

I can't believe the hospital would let a 2-year-old in. In the 70s, when my youngest brother was born, I wasn't allowed in and I was nearly 12.

339 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:18:54pm

re: #328 Sharmuta

Assata Shakur

This is the woman Mos Def was defending. Isn't she a sweetheart?

Tupac's step-aunt.

340 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:19:17pm

re: #335 Shug

they're also the f___heads who brought their snot nosed 2 yr old to visit my 1 day old baby in the hospital and then took offense when I asked them to leave

very germy people. my wife and I never get sick.
I think they are nose pickers and non hand washers, like most people who get lots of colds

I let my kids play in the dirt as much as possible, and turns out that science has shown that kids not exposed to dirt have a more fragile immune system. But two year olds are notoriously germy. Ick. I don't blame you.

341 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:19:17pm

re: #334 Dark_Falcon

This ain't the drinking thread, this is the Saturday Smackdown Thread!

We're Lizards. We can do both.

342 anand  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:19:41pm

mos def? more like mos dumb

343 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:19:49pm

re: #335 Shug

they're also the f___heads who brought their snot nosed 2 yr old to visit my 1 day old baby in the hospital and then took offense when I asked them to leave

very germy people. my wife and I never get sick.
I think they are nose pickers and non hand washers, like most people who get lots of colds

I'd bar the door.

344 jcm  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:20:09pm

A Smooth Transition

With the closure of the P-I, a number of reporters are looking for jobs. Two environmental reporters have a new employer.

Seattle environmental think tank Sightline announed that the two will now be working there. They noted on their blog: "In addition, two veteran reporters from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- Jennifer Langston and Lisa Stiffler -- will be teaming up to edit our Sightline Daily news service."

The transition from environmental reporter to environmental advocate should be seamless.

Isn't that cozy.

345 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:20:22pm

re: #338 doppelganglander

I can't believe the hospital would let a 2-year-old in. In the 70s, when my youngest brother was born, I wasn't allowed in and I was nearly 12.

I was born in the 60's and I have a picture of my oldest sister who was 8 at the time with me in the hospital.

346 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:20:30pm

re: #319 ploome hineni

wonderful thread here

discussing the qualities of mucus

and the content of Mos Defs head

lol

/maybe its mucus

//clear or yellow?

And letters to the Illinois school board about Bill Ayers. Go ahead, scroll up to #290 and ding away. Or here. Here will do. Just one from Racer X so far. Let's go, I'm collecting my pats on the back!

347 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:20:31pm

Because Hitchens is an athiest he couldn't say;
"The Taliban are very evil people, and I have proof." The left doesn't like the word EVIL. Too judgemental.

348 David Simon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:20:37pm

re: #276 Kosh's Shadow

Well, we just have a board meeting, and they finally got around to giving me the info on my stock options, so they better still be around next November when I can actually exercise them.
Maybe this time, of all the times I've had stock options, they'll actually be worth something.
But I never count on that.

Just in case they're in the money, make sure you have enough ready cash on hand to exercise them. Too many people make the mistake of "cashless" exercising, needlessly incurring tax at ordinary income tax rates. (I'm assuming that because they're not in the money already that they're ISO, not non-qualified options.) You have to meet two mutually exclusive holding periods if the options are ISO: you have to hold the stock two years from the date of grant; one year from the date of exercise in order to get long-term capital gains tax treatment.

349 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:20:50pm

re: #337 Gus 802

I agree. I think the whole things was a ploy and he knew what he was asking and how to respond to speak to his audience.

Ignorance breeds faster than intelligence.

350 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:06pm

Innocuous trivia about Mr. Def .

He has recently taken up skateboarding which he learned from his son Elijah Cole and said he's looking to host a skateboarding event in the United Arab Emirates.

351 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:12pm
352 Rob with a mind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:31pm

ITS EARTH HOUR TURN ON EVERY LIGHT IN THE HOUSE
!

353 burntjohn  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:42pm

re: #279 LGoPs

Like Maxine waters said to Alan Greenspan.
We don't care about laws and policy, we just need money.

354 huckfunn  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:45pm

re: #334 Dark_Falcon


Yikes! Should I stop drinkin?

355 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:49pm

re: #349 MandyManners

Ignorance breeds faster than intelligence.

It's easier to grasp.

356 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:50pm

re: #319 ploome hineni

wonderful thread here

discussing the qualities of mucus

and the content of Mos Defs head

lol

/maybe its mucus

//clear or yellow?

From where I sit, the contents of Mr. Definitely's head are most certainly transparent.

357 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:51pm

re: #344 jcm

A Smooth Transition

Isn't that cozy.

The reporters have new jobs, but still no clue.

358 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:21:53pm

re: #328 Sharmuta

Assata Shakur

This is the woman Mos Def was defending. Isn't she a sweetheart?

Evil rhymes with witch

359 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:22:08pm

re: #352 Rob with a mind

That's EDISON hour to you!

360 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:22:11pm

re: #336 BryanS

Huh...never thought of taking alcohol that way.

I would stick with drinking the alcohol and use saline or warm water for the neti....if you used booze, you'd have a pain in your nose you've never experienced before.

They look odd and feel strange at first, but they work. I have had hay fever most of my life. Once I started using that, I have not taken any meds at all for hay fever. It works.

361 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:22:23pm

re: #328 Sharmuta

Assata Shakur

This is the woman Mos Def was defending. Isn't she a sweetheart?

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
As is Angela Davis, who is a professor. My mind reels.
Ayers, Dohrn, Davis et al. Are professorships the preferred rehab jobs for washed up radicals.
We have a really fucked up education system......and the radicals ensure that they capture the future by poisoning young minds.

362 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:22:27pm

re: #354 huckfunn

Yikes! Should I stop drinkin?

Nah, keep on goin'. :)

363 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:22:35pm

re: #328 Sharmuta

Assata Shakur

This is the woman Mos Def was defending. Isn't she a sweetheart?

Also referenced as "Chesimard" on Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise".

364 Macker  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:22:47pm

re: #358 Bobblehead

Evil rhymes with witch

Allow me to say it for you. Bitch.

365 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:23:44pm

re: #328 Sharmuta

Assata Shakur

This is the woman Mos Def was defending. Isn't she a sweetheart?

Yeah, Che is sorta white so he had to look around for somebody else.

366 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:23:51pm

re: #339 MandyManners

Tupac's step-aunt.

Wow quite the uh, rap sheet on her.

367 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:23:56pm

re: #350 HelloDare

Innocuous trivia about Mr. Def .

He has recently taken up skateboarding which he learned from his son Elijah Cole and said he's looking to host a skateboarding event in the United Arab Emirates.

Interesting. The UAE. I wonder if he has developed any connections with UAE Mullahs.

368 Eclectic Infidel  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:04pm

I was waiting for Mos Def to deny that Al Qaeda had an agenda at all, since he doesn't trust the media's presentation of Bin Ladin or any translation of Arabic (nor anyone on the panel for that matter). I was also waiting for him to say something offensive but instead all he did was play the race card - "maybe I'm just a paranoid black man."

I've had first hand experience (when discussing Israel) with people like Mos Def before. They ramble on and on incoherently, refusing to believe facts and interpretations of said facts and then get defensive when they are directly challenged. This guy may very well be just another idiot, but having experienced this before, I have to wonder.

369 pat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:14pm

re: #289 DistantThunder

The kids brought that bug home from school, and it was really bad.

I am dying over here, first time sick in five years. Lingering cold, painful caogh, muscle aches. Others have diarrhea. Going on 8 days. I am pissed.

370 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:18pm

It's also the capital enterprise hour or something like that with the suggestion that you use a modern device and appreciate the benefits of modernity.

371 Macker  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:29pm

re: #367 Gus 802

Interesting. The UAE. I wonder if he has developed any connections with UAE Mullahs.

Or Mikaeel Jackson?

372 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:39pm

re: #352 Rob with a mind

ITS EARTH HOUR TURN ON EVERY LIGHT IN THE HOUSE
!

YOU PAY MY UTILITY BILLS FIRST!

373 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:42pm

re: #347 DistantThunder

Because Hitchens is an athiest he couldn't say;
"The Taliban are very evil people, and I have proof." The left doesn't like the word EVIL. Too judgemental.

I've heard Hitchens use the word, and justify it too.

374 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:44pm

re: #363 Jimmah

Also referenced as "Chesimard" on Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise".

She was just driving down the turnpike with some friends, then, all of the sudden these white cops started shooting for no reason at all! She was framed!

/

375 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:51pm

re: #356 Slumbering Behemoth

From where I sit, the contents of Mr. Definitely's head are most certainly transparent.

Coincidence? I think not.

376 yochanan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:24:53pm

frankly he is playing the 'DUMBIE ROLE' in front of whity he clearly knows what his religion believes in and is being dishonest here.

377 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:07pm

re: #340 DistantThunder

I let my kids play in the dirt as much as possible, and turns out that science has shown that kids not exposed to dirt have a more fragile immune system. But two year olds are notoriously germy. Ick. I don't blame you.

well the lad is 10 months old now and eats all sorts of dirt, fuzz, God knows what.
I know the difference between a 10 month old and a newborn unlike my shit for brains in laws, who let their kid watch 10 hrs a day of TV and give him Cokedont get me started

378 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:08pm

re: #361 LGoPs

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
As is Angela Davis, who is a professor. My mind reels.
Ayers, Dohrn, Davis et al. Are professorships the preferred rehab jobs for washed up radicals.
We have a really fucked up education system......and the radicals ensure that they capture the future by poisoning young minds.

Shakur is Bill Ayer's ideological kin. The difference is she actually got convicted whereas he beat the rap. Left-wing monsters, both of them.

379 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:16pm

re: #371 Macker

Or Mikaeel Jackson?

Probably. Quick, hand Mos Def a burkha!

//

380 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:21pm
381 huckfunn  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:22pm

re: #362 Dark_Falcon


re: #354 huckfunn

Yikes! Should I stop drinkin?

Nah, keep on goin'. :)


Here's how....

382 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:25pm

re: #368 eclectic infidel

I was waiting for Mos Def to deny that Al Qaeda had an agenda at all, since he doesn't trust the media's presentation of Bin Ladin or any translation of Arabic (nor anyone on the panel for that matter). I was also waiting for him to say something offensive but instead all he did was play the race card - "maybe I'm just a paranoid black man."

I've had first hand experience (when discussing Israel) with people like Mos Def before. They ramble on and on incoherently, refusing to believe facts and interpretations of said facts and then get defensive when they are directly challenged. This guy may very well be just another idiot, but having experienced this before, I have to wonder.

Look at the links in Nos. 208 and 210.

383 jaunte  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:43pm

re: #368 eclectic infidel

They ramble on and on incoherently, refusing to believe facts and interpretations of said facts and then get defensive when they are directly challenged. This guy may very well be just another idiot, but having experienced this before, I have to wonder.

It's a method that works with their audience.

384 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:25:54pm

re: #335 Shug

I say the best way to stay healthy is to eat well and get enough sleep. Trying to stay healthy by avoiding germs? I say not so much. I think you build immunity by exposing yourself to germs. Not that I want to be around Ebola or Influenza, but trying to avoid everyone who has the sniffles seems excessive. It may be counterproductive.

385 reine.de.tout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:26:00pm

re: #360 Desert Dog

I would stick with drinking the alcohol and use saline or warm water for the neti....if you used booze, you'd have a pain in your nose you've never experienced before.

They look odd and feel strange at first, but they work. I have had hay fever most of my life. Once I started using that, I have not taken any meds at all for hay fever. It works.

DD - This is what I've used for many years. Pricy, but it works better, actually, than the neti-pot.

386 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:26:24pm

re: #345 Mich-again

I was born in the 60's and I have a picture of my oldest sister who was 8 at the time with me in the hospital.


Interesting. My brother was premature (2 lbs.15 oz.) so of course we couldn't go into the NICU but we weren't allowed in even when he was transferred to the regular nursery. re: #370 DistantThunder

387 swamprat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:26:54pm

re: #2 Charles

"Hot" foods can give you up to 45 minutes of breathability. Had dingue twice and just being able to breathe normally was a treat.
Chinese works better than Mexican. Masabi is good.

The zinc based stuff helps/ zicam, zinc cough drops, etc.

One cup of hot tea, three aspirins, wear your sweats (top and bottom), sleep under several blankets and sweat while you sleep.

I once eliminated all mucus producing foods from my diet. A cold is miserable, but not having any mucus when you have one is....odd. You feel weak and very "off".

388 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:27:10pm

re: #368 eclectic infidel

There are motives to Def's line of questioning, and the quest for information and understanding certainly is not among them.

389 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:27:22pm

Famous Rapper/Actor MOS DEF Uses Jews as an Example about JENA 6 Case

On Mos Def's 2004 album The New Danger a song called "The Rape Over" had the following lyrics (excerpt): white men is runnin' this rap shit, Corporate forces runnin' this rap shit, Some tall Israeli is runnin' this rap shit, We poke out our asses for a chance to cash in. Cocaine, is runnin' this rap shit, 'Dro, 'yac and e-pills is runnin this rap shit,,,, ....MTV is runnin' this rap shit, Viacom is runnin' this rap shit, AOL and Time Warner runnin' this rap shit, Quasi-homosexuals is runnin' this rap shit high-placed executives temporarily made Mos take the song off releases of the album, citing clearance issues with Jay-Z and The Doors, a band which the song samples.

The song has been called anti-Semitic for its veiled reference to Israeli American record executive Lyor Cohen (the "tall Israeli" who then was head of the The Island Def Jam Music Group). However the song does appear on the final album sold by Geffen Records

390 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:27:24pm

re: #384 Mich-again

I say the best way to stay healthy is to eat well and get enough sleep. Trying to stay healthy by avoiding germs? I say not so much. I think you build immunity by exposing yourself to germs. Not that I want to be around Ebola or Influenza, but trying to avoid everyone who has the sniffles seems excessive. It may be counterproductive.

and wash your hands

and you are correct

391 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:27:57pm

re: #370 DistantThunder

It's also the capital enterprise hour or something like that with the suggestion that you use a modern device and appreciate the benefits of modernity.

I didn't put on nearly enough lights, but earlier in the day I watched an excellent episode of Modern Marvels about Da Vinci's inventions. That's certainly celebrating human achievement.

392 Achilles Tang  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:28:03pm

What I want to know, and never will, is how the planning of that show went? Something like:

"Let's see, Hitchens and Rushdie are intellectual icons; who can we put them up against so they won't know what hit them, for a change?"

393 pat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:28:03pm

re: #212 ploome hineni

maybe he is victim to some fetal brain syndrome.


Ok. That was funny.

394 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:28:31pm

re: #385 reine.de.tout

That looks like a "Water Pik"? I used to have one of those for my teeth, years ago.

395 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:28:52pm

I wonder how prevalent NOI is in the rap business.

396 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:29:00pm

re: #384 Mich-again

I say the best way to stay healthy is to eat well and get enough sleep. Trying to stay healthy by avoiding germs? I say not so much. I think you build immunity by exposing yourself to germs. Not that I want to be around Ebola or Influenza, but trying to avoid everyone who has the sniffles seems excessive. It may be counterproductive.

I should remind you that I was talking about a 1 day old baby

397 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:29:28pm

Anti-intellectualism: the new virtue.

People better start getting their heads out of their asses.

398 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:29:38pm

re: #369 pat

I am dying over here, first time sick in five years. Lingering cold, painful caogh, muscle aches. Others have diarrhea. Going on 8 days. I am pissed.

One treatment that can't hurt is Oregano Oil - it is also known as the ancient biblical herb hyssop. It is has anti-fungal and anti-biotic properties and boosts the immune system. I've been very impressed with the results and we keep a store on hand after MR DT was laid up with a bad case of food poisioning after eating raw sushi. It worked wonders.

What is Oil of oregano?

What is Oil of Oregano?
Numerous university studies have shown that Oil of Oregano is a highly potent purifier that provides many benefits for human health. Oil of Oregano is a natural substance that is extracted from wild oregano plants, and two key compounds found in it are carvacrol and thymol. Studies have shown that both of these compounds have significant effects on harmful microorganisms that cause many illnesses in humans.

It is important not to confuse Oil of Oregano with common oregano that is used as a spice for cooking. Common oregano is typically Origanum Marjoram, while Oil of Oregano is derived from Origanum Vulgare.

Oil of Oregano can be purchased as either a liquid or as capsules/tablets. In both forms, it is important to verify that the oil is derived from the proper potent oregano plant, and that the carvacrol concentration is at least 70%.
What are the Benefits of Oil of Oregano?
The ancient Greeks were one of the first people to recognize oregano oil for its health benefits and medicinal qualities. It is known to be a potent antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiparasitic oil that can reduce pain and inflammation and effectively fight off infections.

Some of the specific benefits of Oil of Oregano are:
Destroying organisms that contribute to skin infections and digestive problems.
Strengthening the immune system.
Increasing joint and muscle flexibility.
Improving respiratory health.

399 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:30:14pm

APOD -

Signals of a Strange Universe

What is noteworthy here is the seemingly direct and reliable method of the observations and the good reputations of the scientists conducting the investigations.

Over the past eleven years, independent teams of astronomers have continued to accumulate data that appears to confirm the existence of dark energy and the unsettling result of a presently accelerating universe.

The above picture of a supernova that occurred in 1994 on the outskirts of a spiral galaxy was taken by one of these collaborations.

400 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:30:26pm

I think I found enough on Mos Def to present a clearer picture. No one can claim that he is a victim of soft anything.

401 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:30:35pm

re: #311 ploome hineni

and you know what> people accept him, because of the bigotry of NO EXPECTATIONS

and he makes money

Right you are. I don't excuse thinking like his. It's on him.

402 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:32:32pm

re: #347 DistantThunder

Because Hitchens is an athiest he couldn't say;
"The Taliban are very evil people, and I have proof." The left doesn't like the word EVIL. Too judgemental.

Yo, I'm an atheist and I say the Taliban are evil. That which is anti-life is evil. Lots of atheists are moral relativists, but not all of us are.

403 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:32:44pm

re: #377 Shug

I'm always a little appalled inside when I see parents giving their little kids soda.

404 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:32:56pm

re: #400 Gus 802

I think I found enough on Mos Def to present a clearer picture. No one can claim that he is a victim of soft anything.

He is, however, disingenuous.

405 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:32:57pm

re: #398 DistantThunder

Numerous university studies have shown that Oil of Oregano is a highly potent purifier that provides many benefits for human health

but they don't list them. I'm doing a literature search and coming up blank so far

406 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:33:50pm

Sheep Art very cool....these chaps are talented!

407 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:34:00pm

re: #404 Aviator

He is, however, disingenuous.

Yes. By now I'll admit: all of the above.

408 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:34:12pm

One of the ways I deal with bad congestion is long hot showers or baths.

409 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:34:31pm

re: #399 Racer X

APOD -
Signals of a Strange Universe

What is noteworthy here is the seemingly direct and reliable method of the observations and the good reputations of the scientists conducting the investigations.

Over the past eleven years, independent teams of astronomers have continued to accumulate data that appears to confirm the existence of dark energy and the unsettling result of a presently accelerating universe.

The above picture of a supernova that occurred in 1994 on the outskirts of a spiral galaxy was taken by one of these collaborations.

Maybe the big rip will be in 2012.

410 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:34:57pm

re: #400 Gus 802

I think I found enough on Mos Def to present a clearer picture. No one can claim that he is a victim of soft anything.

He is also richer than the rest of the three combined, I bet. So, why is he complaining?

411 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:34:57pm

re: #396 Shug

I should remind you that I was talking about a 1 day old baby

From the tone of that post in 335 it doesn't seem like you'd ever want them around your kid. I wouldn't either. Eww.

I think they are nose pickers and non hand washers, like most people who get lots of colds
412 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:35:08pm

re: #405 Shug

but they don't list them. I'm doing a literature search and coming up blank so far

I tried Google Scholar and came up with quite a few:

link

413 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:35:23pm

Well Charles, if you go out and buy all the remedies that have been suggested in this thread you will singlehandedly cure what ails the economy.

414 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:36:04pm

re: #410 Desert Dog

He is also richer than the rest of the three combined, I bet. So, why is he complaining?

because he must subscribe to the oppressed

415 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:36:08pm

re: #406 Desert Dog

Sheep Art very cool....these chaps are talented!

It would have been cheaper just to use some lighter fluid and a match!

(ducks)

416 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:36:58pm

I think what bothered me most about Def was not his obtuseness but his constant talking over the other 3 members of the panel. This is a common observation I make when listening to liberals, whether on television or the radio. I think it's the equivalent of saying ''lalalalalalalala....I can't hear you''. It eliminates the possiblity of having any kind of discourse.
Drives me nuts.

417 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:37:07pm

re: #415 Walter L. Newton

It would have been cheaper just to use some lighter fluid and a match!

(ducks)

And then have a sale on mutton and lamb chops?

418 yochanan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:37:26pm

re: #406 Desert Dog

big woof

419 Eclectic Infidel  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:37:52pm

re: #382 MandyManners

Look at the links in Nos. 208 and 210.

Thanks. So, in other words, Mos Def was playing dumb. Now I really have to wonder what he would have said if there was more time on the program.

420 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:37:55pm

re: #416 LGoPs

Hitch is a liberal... your post doesn't make sense. Don't confound leftist with liberal.

421 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:38:01pm

re: #408 Sharmuta

One of the ways I deal with bad congestion is long hot showers or baths.

Good old reliable steam. Either the shower or bath or the hard treatment with the head over a big bowl of hot water and a towel draped over everything. It never fails to help. It makes it easier to sleep after too.

422 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:38:03pm

re: #416 LGoPs

I think what bothered me most about Def was not his obtuseness but his constant talking over the other 3 members of the panel. This is a common observation I make when listening to liberals, whether on television or the radio. I think it's the equivalent of saying ''lalalalalalalala....I can't hear you''. It eliminates the possiblity of having any kind of discourse.
Drives me nuts.

I think what bothers me is the fact that he is a no talent ass clown.

423 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:38:32pm

ShamWow Guy Arrested For Beating Up Prostitute

By Chris Walters, 7:59 PM on Fri Mar 27 2009, 39,771 views
Slap chop to the face! Vince Shlomi, aka the ShamWow Guy, aka You're Gonna Love My Nuts, was "arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room," reports the Smoking Gun.

[Link: consumerist.com...]

424 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:39:05pm
425 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:39:15pm

re: #416 LGoPs

I think it's the equivalent of saying ''lalalalalalalala....I can't hear you''. It eliminates the possiblity of having any kind of discourse.
Drives me nuts.

I have no patience for that bs. I say invite the interrupter to just go ahead and speak his mind and then STFU and listen. In those words.

426 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:39:16pm

Update: Mr DT did make his appearance on the Carson Daly show although I was hardly conscious after taking 2 nighttime cold tablets forgetting I had to wake up to see the show at 1:35 am.

While he's enjoying the zephyr breezes in Santa Monica for the last 12 days, I' m home in cold rainy New Jersey with all the kids. What's wrong with this picture?

Mr DT held 2 Urban Escape and Evasion classes,
Spoke to a Hackers group,
Made a presentation to a Search and Rescue group, and is headed off to Chicago and Arkansas over the next week.

If that's not culture shock, I don't know what would be....

12 days down - 8 to go.......

427 BryanS  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:39:20pm

re: #406 Desert Dog

cool stuff

428 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:39:24pm

re: #412 DistantThunder

I tried Google Scholar and came up with quite a few:

link

#1 Journal of Essential Oil Research --NEXT

#2

The composition of the volatile oil of Mexican oregano (Lippia graveolens HBK) isolated by steam distillation was investigated by means of column chromatography, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. A total of 33 components were identified including 22 hydrocarbons, 4 alcohols, 4 ethers, 2 phenols and 1 ketone. Of the 33 components observed in the present study 7 were identified in Mexican oregano for the first time.

---- NEXT

#3

Oil of Mediterranean oregano Oreganum vulgare was orally administered to 14 adult patients whose stools tested positive for enteric parasites, Blastocystis hominis, Entamoeba hartmanni and Endolimax nana. After 6 weeks of supplementation with 600 mg emulsified oil of oregano daily, there was complete disappearance of Entamoeba hartmanni (four cases), Endolimax nana (one case), and Blastocystis hominis in eight cases. Also, Blastocystis hominis scores declined in three additional cases. Gastrointestinal symptoms improved in seven of the 11 patients who had tested positive for Blastocystis hominis. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

-- No control group. Small number-----NEXT

that's as far as I go

429 USCMSNE  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:39:44pm

I want my nine minutes back. Props to Salmon Rushdie for not choking him out.

430 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:39:57pm

re: #422 NYCHardhat

I think what bothers me is the fact that he is a no talent ass clown.

He was passable in "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" as Ford Perfect.

431 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:40:04pm

re: #416 LGoPs

I think what bothered me most about Def was not his obtuseness but his constant talking over the other 3 members of the panel. This is a common observation I make when listening to liberals, whether on television or the radio. I think it's the equivalent of saying ''lalalalalalalala....I can't hear you''. It eliminates the possiblity of having any kind of discourse.
Drives me nuts.

They have to do that to prevent any cognitive dissonance from hearing the truth and facts.

432 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:40:08pm

re: #415 Walter L. Newton

It would have been cheaper just to use some lighter fluid and a match!

(ducks)

I love that video. I hope they make another one. BTW..Dogs rule!

433 MandyManners  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:40:17pm

re: #419 eclectic infidel

Thanks. So, in other words, Mos Def was playing dumb. Now I really have to wonder what he would have said if there was more time on the program.

See No. 389.

434 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:40:42pm

Charles, I'm sorry you are unwell. Darn colds.

435 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:40:52pm

You want a good laugh?

Read some of the comments on Mos Def's myspace page.

I've been waitin to see you on political shows because I knew you would tell it like I would tell it if my voice had as many ears as yours, good job brotha! you rep us well! I wish all of us were as well informed & would express ourselves as you do! DO MORE! You MUST DO MORE! WE NEED THAT!
-Ghetto Flame

436 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:40:53pm
437 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:41:15pm

re: #426 DistantThunder

I'm nosey, what area of Jersey. I live at Lake Hopatcong from 1964-1974.

438 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:41:22pm

re: #395 MandyManners

I wonder how prevalent NOI is in the rap business.

I would have to guess that it isn't very prevalent at all. Themes of drugs, hedonism, etc. are kind of off putting to the NOI.

439 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:41:29pm

re: #422 NYCHardhat

I think what bothers me is the fact that he is a no talent ass clown.

What would you say you do here?

440 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:41:41pm

sorry but I am kind of a sticker for double blinded placebo controlled trials with large numbers and good statistics.

though I have no problem with people experimenting on themselves with apparently inert herbs if they want to spend their hard earned dough

441 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:41:49pm

re: #435 Racer X

You want a good laugh?

Read some of the comments on Mos Def's myspace page.

Hahahahahahaha

442 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:42:20pm

Hey y'all - sorry to be so tardy, but I was kinda busy with stuff. What are we all talking about?

443 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:42:22pm

re: #430 Walter L. Newton

He was passable in "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" as Ford Perfect.

He played Ford Prefect?

444 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:42:49pm

re: #442 realwest

Hiya RW!

Your ears burnin?

445 Shug  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:42:59pm

night all. charles hope you feel better.

sudafed.
a sunrise bike ride.
you will feel better

446 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:43:23pm

re: #443 Archimedes

He played Ford Prefect?

Yep.

447 swamprat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:43:34pm

re: #440 Shug

sorry but I am kind of a sticker for double blinded placebo controlled trials with large numbers and good statistics.

though I have no problem with people experimenting on themselves with apparently inert herbs if they want to spend their hard earned dough

Not that you have any preconcieved notions about such nonsense!
;-)

448 ArchangelMichael  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:43:43pm

Maher invited Hitchens back? After his last time there. Flipping the bird to audience and calling them all frivolous and stupid? He was totally right of course but I didn't expect to see either of them want a replay of that.

449 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:43:45pm

re: #443 Archimedes

He played Ford Prefect?

[Link: www.imdb.com...]

450 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:43:55pm
451 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:43:57pm

re: #442 realwest

Hey y'all - sorry to be so tardy, but I was kinda busy with stuff. What are we all talking about?

The strange convergence of an empty headed rapper and Charles' excessive sinus mucus production.

452 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:44:02pm

re: #428 Shug

-- No control group. Small number-----NEXT

that's as far as I go

I can say that after MR DT had food poisoning for 3 days, and was sicker than I'd ever seen him, within an hour of taking several capsules, he felt markedly better. Thinking he was over it, he skipped the next dosage, and was back in the bathroom sicker than ever. Maybe that was a coincidence. But he took the capsules again, and never had another bout of the runs with that particular incident.

Consumer Health of Canada sites more studies

453 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:44:07pm

re: #435 Racer X

You want a good laugh?

Read some of the comments on Mos Def's myspace page.

That is rich! Another . . .

Way to stick it to Chris Hitchens & crew, even though they tried act like they didn't know what you were talking about. Very good my dude!

454 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:44:16pm

I celebrated Edison Hour today, btw. 8:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. my power usage surged! :-D

455 Eclectic Infidel  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:44:25pm

re: #416 LGoPs

I think what bothered me most about Def was not his obtuseness but his constant talking over the other 3 members of the panel. This is a common observation I make when listening to liberals, whether on television or the radio. I think it's the equivalent of saying ''lalalalalalalala....I can't hear you''. It eliminates the possiblity of having any kind of discourse.
Drives me nuts.

It's a deliberate tactic. Of this I am sure. I've experienced it far too often from moonbat to both left and right-wing pro-Jihadist. The last time I experienced it in a group setting was when we countered QUIT in the Castro. Because of that one day, I'm not sure I want to bother with QUIT again. They are so annoying and petty and there's a few of them who are borderline nuts. The kind of nuts you'd find in a rabid anti-semite that oozes hatred, but of the moonbat variety.

456 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:44:31pm

re: #444 Racer X
Um, no, why - should they have been?!

457 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:44:42pm

re: #435 Racer X

You want a good laugh?

Read some of the comments on Mos Def's myspace page.

OMG - Laughable and devastatingly tragic.

458 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:44:51pm

Mos Def was born Dante Terrell Smith in the Roosevelt Houses of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City,[2] the son of Darrell Toler. He has two younger brothers, Abdul Rahman (a.k.a. "Gold Medal Man", who is Mos' full-time DJ) and Anwar Superstar.

He also has a younger sister, Ces (Casey) Smith. Mos Def and his brothers are all converts to Islam.[3] Mos Def was first exposed to Islam at age 13 by his father. He became a Muslim at age 19 after getting to know Muslim rappers including Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Q-Tip of the group A Tribe Called Quest.

459 USCMSNE  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:06pm

re: #454 Archimedes

I celebrated Edison Hour today, btw. 8:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. my power usage surged! :-D

I supported my local utility tonight.

460 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:07pm

re: #442 realwest

Hey y'all - sorry to be so tardy, but I was kinda busy with stuff. What are we all talking about?

people experimenting on themselves with apparently inert herbs

461 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:14pm

re: #421 Silvergirl

Yep- always best just before bed.

462 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:17pm

re: #449 Walter L. Newton

[Link: www.imdb.com...]

The movie stunk. The original BBC radio production and TV series are stiil the best.

463 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:35pm

re: #435 Racer X

You want a good laugh?

Remember, these people vote.

464 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:42pm

re: #459 USCMSNE

I supported my local utility tonight.

Utilities rock.

465 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:43pm
466 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:45:49pm

re: #460 Mich-again
Apparently inept herbs?!? Tell me more! LOL!

467 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:46:01pm

re: #449 Walter L. Newton

[Link: www.imdb.com...]

I haven't seen it, but I heard that wasn't well done.

468 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:46:11pm

Had a little spyware event.

Make sure to look up "Mos Def" "Bin Laden" lyrics.

I'm baptized by America and covered in leeches
The dirty water that bleaches your soul and your facial features
Drownin' you in propaganda that they spit through the speakers
And if you speak about the evil that the government does
The Patriot Act'll track you to the type of your blood
They try to frame you, and say you was tryna sell drugs
And throw a federal indictment on [removed] to show you love
This shit is run by fake Christians, fake politicians
Look at they mansions, then look at the conditions you live in
All they talk about is terrorism on television
They tell you to listen, but they don't really tell you they mission
They funded Al-Qaeda, and now they blame the Muslim religion
Even though Bin Laden, was a CIA tactician
They gave him billions of dollars, and they funded his purpose
Fahrenheit 9/11, that's just scratchin' the surface

469 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:46:14pm
470 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:46:18pm

re: #456 realwest

I got a response back from a school board member on the Bill Ayers thing. Thanks for allowing me to plagiarize your fine letter.

471 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:46:19pm

re: #408 Sharmuta

Start from the beginning, go all the way to the end, and do not skip the details...
////

472 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:46:25pm

re: #423 Walter L. Newton

ShamWow Guy Arrested For Beating Up Prostitute

By Chris Walters, 7:59 PM on Fri Mar 27 2009, 39,771 views
Slap chop to the face! Vince Shlomi, aka the ShamWow Guy, aka You're Gonna Love My Nuts, was "arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room," reports the Smoking Gun.

[Link: consumerist.com...]

I wanna know if he was wearing that fucking headset.....

473 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:46:56pm

I may be the last person to hear of the stupid "who painted it?" question, but I have to post this. Hillary Clinton is ignorant as a bag of hammers.

Is there a rule you have to be just pitiful to work for President O?

474 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:47:20pm

re: #466 realwest

Apparently inept herbs?!? Tell me more! LOL!

I was referring to Shug in 440. Waht up doH?

475 USCMSNE  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:47:21pm

re: #464 NYCHardhat

Utilities rock.

Really, I was just ensuring my own job security. Maintaining demand for a product that I contribute to the production of.

476 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:47:33pm

re: #462 Bobblehead

The movie stunk. The original BBC radio production and TV series are stiil the best.

As a HGTTG fan, I thought the movie did an ok job of putting into two hours, material from a number of different books, and some new material.

The TV show and the radio production evidently had more time to better play out the story.

But I thought the movie was good.

477 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:47:37pm

re: #465 ploome hineni
No, I reckon not - but ever since Obama said he was sorry for being tardy to a meeting of whatever Senate committee he was on, I just try to use it when I can!

478 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:47:46pm

re: #472 LGoPs

I wanna know if he was wearing that fucking headset.....

No just panties.

479 DistantThunder  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:47:55pm

re: #473 Catttt

I may be the last person to hear of the stupid "who painted it?" question, but I have to post this. Hillary Clinton is ignorant as a bag of hammers.

Is there a rule you have to be just pitiful to work for President O?

Ala Joe Biden?

480 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:48:13pm

re: #471 Slumbering Behemoth

First I turn on the light in the bathroom.

481 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:48:23pm

re: #423 Walter L. Newton

ShamWow Guy Arrested For Beating Up Prostitute

By Chris Walters, 7:59 PM on Fri Mar 27 2009, 39,771 views
Slap chop to the face! Vince Shlomi, aka the ShamWow Guy, aka You're Gonna Love My Nuts, was "arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room," reports the Smoking Gun.

[Link: consumerist.com...]

They dropped the charges. Apparently, she went all vampire on him, so he socked her.

482 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:48:25pm

re: #468 Gus 802

I love rap.

//

483 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:48:42pm

re: #473 Catttt

I may be the last person to hear of the stupid "who painted it?" question, but I have to post this. Hillary Clinton is ignorant as a bag of hammers.

Is there a rule you have to be just pitiful to work for President O?

That reminds me, do you recall when Al Gore visited Jefferson's Monticello and wanted to know who the bust of Benjamin Franklin was? Priceless.

484 Eclectic Infidel  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:04pm

re: #433 MandyManners

See No. 389.


Well, that answers that question. Thanks again Mandy.

485 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:04pm

re: #479 DistantThunder

Ala Joe Biden?

A la take your pick. They're just pitiful. As Mr. T said,, "I pity the fool."

486 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:05pm

re: #473 Catttt

No, just willing to sell your country down the river for your own personal enrichment.
Oh, and you shouldn't pay your taxes - that helps too.

487 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:05pm

re: #462 Bobblehead

The movie stunk. The original BBC radio production and TV series are stiil the best.

Someone I knew described the movie as the plot without the jokes.
There were a couple of interesting points in the movie, but it wasn't good enough for me to want to see again.
Besides, Zoey Deschaniel as Trillian was fine, but was wearing too much.
What would a two-headed president of the galaxy see in her?

On the other hand, I can see what Zaphod saw in her.

488 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:13pm

re: #481 Catttt

They dropped the charges. Apparently, she went all vampire on him, so he socked her.

So it was a Sham? Wow!

489 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:27pm

re: #482 BignJames

I love rap.

//

Yeah, such wonderful and eloquent "music."

//

490 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:34pm

re: #470 Racer X
Hey my pleasure! I got a response back as well!
And was gonna mention it until you asked me if my ears were burning!
My response was rather positive and led me to believe that Mr. Ayers will be disinvited from speaking there as well!

491 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:37pm

re: #468 Gus 802

Had a little spyware event.

Make sure to look up "Mos Def" "Bin Laden" lyrics.

He's not an empty-headed fool, he's a certifiable troofer scumbag.

492 cozmos  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:38pm

It looks like Bill Maher was trying to divert the attention away from his demented biased views by having Mos Def on. Because when he has more than one person on his show that actually knows what they are talking about, he does not know what to do. The only time that I have seen him silent, is when Tony Snow completely shut him and the other guests up by showing his intelligence. It was such a beautiful moment.

493 ArchangelMichael  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:41pm

This is like listening to Hitchens and Rushdie argue with Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 but less funny.

494 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:49:45pm

re: #476 Walter L. Newton

As a HGTTG fan, I thought the movie did an ok job of putting into two hours, material from a number of different books, and some new material.

The TV show and the radio production evidently had more time to better play out the story.

But I thought the movie was good.

I remember the radio serial and the TV production. They were memorable. Take my word for it the movie did a lousy job.

495 USCMSNE  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:50:21pm

re: #488 Racer X

So it was a Sham? Wow!

Down ding for the bad joke.

Up ding for making me chuckle.

496 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:50:22pm

re: #482 BignJames

I love rap.

//

Here is some rap for you:

497 swamprat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:50:31pm

re: #488 Racer X

So it was a Sham? Wow!


But wait; there's more!

498 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:50:48pm

re: #475 USCMSNE

Really, I was just ensuring my own job security. Maintaining demand for a product that I contribute to the production of.

You and me both brother.

499 Mich-again  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:51:02pm

re: #473 Catttt

Hillary Clinton is ignorant as a bag of hammers.

Is a bag of hammers any dumber than just one hammer?

500 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:51:07pm

re: #481 Catttt

They dropped the charges. Apparently, she went all vampire on him, so he socked her.

I don't blame her. Most pros have a "no kiss" clause and from info I heard, he forced the kiss and she bit his tongue.

I heard this on a radio talk show, I have no experience.

501 pat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:00pm

re: #473 Catttt

I may be the last person to hear of the stupid "who painted it?" question, but I have to post this. Hillary Clinton is ignorant as a bag of hammers.

Is there a rule you have to be just pitiful to work for President O?

Apparently.

502 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:17pm

OK, get ready for this. From the bizarre world of the left:

Mos Def trumps Bill Maher

Mos Def proves to be a panel expert.

503 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:32pm

re: #451 Bobblehead
Well shoot, I am sorry that Charles isn't feeling as well as he otherwise would be, but I assure you that there's no conspiracy behind Charles getting ill and
an empty headed rapper.

504 Racer X  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:33pm

re: #490 realwest

Hey my pleasure! I got a response back as well!
And was gonna mention it until you asked me if my ears were burning!
My response was rather positive and led me to believe that Mr. Ayers will be disinvited from speaking there as well!

Yep. Sounds like they sent out a form email to everyone who protested. Good news is Ayers is out!

505 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:37pm

re: #486 Killer Tomato

No, just willing to sell your country down the river for your own personal enrichment.
Oh, and you shouldn't pay your taxes - that helps too.

No, it's not just that. A crook and turncoat can still have a brain or some wit.

They're idiots too. Cultural idiots. They acted soooooo haughty to President Bush, but he put people at ease. These cats roam around sticking their feet in their mouths and embarrassing people or creating international incidents.

506 [deleted]  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:41pm
507 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:51pm

re: #487 Kosh's Shadow

Someone I knew described the movie as the plot without the jokes.
There were a couple of interesting points in the movie, but it wasn't good enough for me to want to see again.
Besides, Zoey Deschaniel as Trillian was fine, but was wearing too much.
What would a two-headed president of the galaxy see in her?

On the other hand, I can see what Zaphod saw in her.

I loved the Zaphod in the series. Marvin was perfect in the series, not so good in the movie.

508 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:52:58pm

I'm fading quickly, I need to sign off now. Sweet dreams, all!

509 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:53:07pm

re: #499 Mich-again

Is a bag of hammers any dumber than just one hammer?

Yes.

510 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:53:25pm

re: #494 Bobblehead

I remember the radio serial and the TV production. They were memorable. Take my word for it the movie did a lousy job.

You're assuming I never heard the show or saw the series, I did. I still liked the movie. Granted, like I said, it wasn't the same as the BBC programs, but it wasn't dog poo, IMHO.

511 swamprat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:54:09pm

re: #501 pat

Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

The low bidder.

512 Aviator  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:54:15pm

re: #509 Catttt

Do you have something against hammers? Seems unfair to compare them to HRC.

513 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:54:28pm

re: #473 Catttt Hi ya Cattt!
No you don't have to be as dumb as a bag of hammers to work for Obama, but it does help!

514 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:54:30pm

re: #510 Walter L. Newton

You're assuming I never heard the show or saw the series, I did. I still liked the movie. Granted, like I said, it wasn't the same as the BBC programs, but it wasn't dog poo, IMHO.

I liked the movie too. Besides, I had a crush on Zooey.....

515 pat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:55:20pm

You would think for a $1,000 bucks she could kiss. I think she is nuts and he has too much money. Maybe he could shit-can the accent and try an athletic club. He could use a work out. Meet better people.

516 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:55:21pm

re: #500 Walter L. Newton

I don't blame her. Most pros have a "no kiss" clause and from info I heard, he forced the kiss and she bit his tongue.

I heard this on a radio talk show, I have no experience.

How interesting. I didn't know that.

They had charged 'em both, and they both had their charges dropped, so it was a draw.

517 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:55:22pm

re: #450 ploome hineni

I am not sure it is taqueria (still can't spell it) per se, but it is an incredibly sloppy attempt at a debate technique. He tried to get his opponents to step on their dicks, and due to his ineptitude ended up tripping all over his own. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

518 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:55:22pm

re: #502 Gus 802

OK, get ready for this. From the bizarre world of the left:

Mos Def trumps Bill Maher

That is bizarre. The writer is apparently from New Mexico and didn't like something Hitchens said about the state, so she's cheerleading for Mos.

519 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:56:09pm

re: #518 Silvergirl

That is bizarre. The writer is apparently from New Mexico and didn't like something Hitchens said about the state, so she's cheerleading for Mos.

Isn't that amazing. What's that line about a sucker being born every minute?

520 Bobblehead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:56:16pm

re: #510 Walter L. Newton

You're assuming I never heard the show or saw the series, I did. I still liked the movie. Granted, like I said, it wasn't the same as the BBC programs, but it wasn't dog poo, IMHO.

Sorry, shouldn't have presumed. Still, I thought the movie was a waste of time. Another one of those " it could have been much better" productions.

521 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:56:26pm

re: #517 Slumbering Behemoth

I am not sure it is taqueria

Maybe mescal? /

522 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:56:37pm

I just got off the phone with family member trying to do yet another liberal intervention. I love the way my recent health problems have made me fodder for the lefties I know to exploit my "luck" at having health insurance. Funny when I was a Democrat everyone was happy when I was done. Now that I am successful my lib friends can't find enough wrong with me.

523 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:56:42pm

Shatner Raps:

524 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:56:56pm

re: #480 Sharmuta

And then?

525 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:57:10pm

re: #504 Racer X Yeah it was sort of a form letter - mine was sent by - well, I won't say cause it wouldn't be right, but what counts is that Billy Boy Ayers is about to get bitch slapped again.
If my letter helped you write yours and if our letters and apparently LOTS of others helped bitch slap him, that's just fine with me!

526 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:57:33pm
527 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:57:40pm

re: #502 Gus 802

OK, get ready for this. From the bizarre world of the left:

Mos Def trumps Bill Maher

He is the most ignorant douche bag I have ever seen.

528 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:58:03pm

re: #505 Catttt

No, it's not just that. A crook and turncoat can still have a brain or some wit.

They're idiots too. Cultural idiots. They acted soooooo haughty to President Bush, but he put people at ease. These cats roam around sticking their feet in their mouths and embarrassing people or creating international incidents.

How could they possibly be idiots? They're SO much smarter than everyone else - at least that's what they keep telling us. Maybe we just don't get the nuance.
/
(actually, it's embarassing to have these loons 'representing' us)

529 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:58:13pm

re: #518 Silvergirl

That is bizarre. The writer is apparently from New Mexico and didn't like something Hitchens said about the state, so she's cheerleading for Mos.

And Lord knows we all really drop everything to read what the Albuquerque Green Business Examiner has to say. /

530 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:59:31pm

re: #507 Bobblehead

I loved the Zaphod in the series. Marvin was perfect in the series, not so good in the movie.

Yes.

I saw the movie on SciFi, not DVD, so it might have been modified.
I liked the "point of view gun", and seeing the Vogon bureaucracy.
But overall, the original was much better.

531 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 9:59:57pm

re: #527 NYCHardhat

He is the most ignorant douche bag I have ever seen.

Basically. He's a terrorist sympathizer at best.

532 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:00:12pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

I have a gross story about mucus from a flu infection, if anyone wants to hear it.

533 Silvergirl  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:01:21pm

I have to make an early night, so thanks for all the fish!

I have to get out of here before the gross mucus story appears.

534 Sharmuta  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:01:36pm

re: #524 Slumbering Behemoth

Then I close the door.

535 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:02:49pm

re: #522 Afrocity
Your "luck" at having health insurance? Huh, I hadda pay for mine.
But I know what you mean. It really starts in school - I know some kids who are VERY bright but who don't want to appear to be bright because their "friends" will call them names and not want to play with them. Shame really that Lefties don't ever look in a mirror and say the kinds of things they say to other people - just for the experience, ya know?
BTW, how is your recovery coming along?

536 swamprat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:03:38pm

re: #522 Afrocity

Wanted to say something clever in support...getting too late, need sleep.

It is not nice for them to use your unhealth to push their agenda.

537 Killgore Trout  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:04:20pm

For those who like to tinker.....
Make: Mini Robots
Make Magazine’s John Park not only talks about consumer ‘bots like the Roomba but shows us how to build our own, including a solar junkbot and a more complex beetlebot.

538 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:04:22pm

re: #502 Gus 802

OK, get ready for this. From the bizarre world of the left:

Mos Def trumps Bill Maher

That is both poorly reasoned and poorly written. Who is that person? I've never heard of her.

539 UncleSam  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:04:44pm

re: #510 Walter L. Newton

You're assuming I never heard the show or saw the series, I did. I still liked the movie. Granted, like I said, it wasn't the same as the BBC programs, but it wasn't dog poo, IMHO.

No, it was more like dog vomit.
Didn't quite reach the final stage as dog poo.

540 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:05:28pm

re: #534 Sharmuta

Oh yeah baby, not too fast. Slow down, slow down....
/

541 swamprat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:05:30pm

re: #539 UncleSam


Tough crowd!

542 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:06:06pm

re: #538 Archimedes

That is both poorly reasoned and poorly written. Who is that person? I've never heard of her.

Jean Scheid

Jean Scheid has enjoyed freelance writing for 15 years and her broadest experience is on green and alternative lifestyle topics, where she has written for many clients and The Taos (N.M) News.

543 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:06:06pm

re: #535 realwest

I am doing much, much better today. Thanks Real West. I need to do a hoaky plug but I just love those Boathouse Farms juices. They make me feel great. I love the Blue Goddess one.

544 Rob with a mind  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:06:12pm

re: #359 Dan G.

That's EDISON hour to you!

It's 1 Hour. It's worth it to do my part, and put a finger in the eye of the Global warming Weenies!

545 Killer Tomato  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:06:27pm

re: #532 Jimmah

I have a gross story about mucus from a flu infection, if anyone wants to hear it.

lalalalalalala
*blocking ears and running out the door*
Night all!

546 NYCHardhat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:06:54pm

re: #538 Archimedes

That is both poorly reasoned and poorly written. Who is that person? I've never heard of her.

Just another brain-trust from the hip hop community.

547 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:06:55pm

re: #523 Archimedes

Shatner Raps:

Believe it or not, I saw that when it was originally on TV on Video Nite.

What can I say? I'm a Trekkie. If I see Shatner, I stop and watch.

548 Dan G.  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:07:06pm

re: #544 Rob with a mind

Correct, but if you do, don't use their moniker.

549 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:08:23pm

re: #528 Killer Tomato

How could they possibly be idiots? They're SO much smarter than everyone else - at least that's what they keep telling us. Maybe we just don't get the nuance.
/
(actually, it's embarassing to have these loons 'representing' us)

Ain't it, though? I think I could pick people at random from the phone book who would do better.

550 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:08:55pm

re: #522 Afrocity

Tis the practice of vultures and ghouls to prey upon the emotions of those enduring tough times. Stay strong.

551 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:09:01pm

re: #522 Afrocity

I just got off the phone with family member trying to do yet another liberal intervention. I love the way my recent health problems have made me fodder for the lefties I know to exploit my "luck" at having health insurance. Funny when I was a Democrat everyone was happy when I was done. Now that I am successful my lib friends can't find enough wrong with me.

Luck? Do they think you won health insurance in the lottery? Or maybe the insurance fairy comes and leaves thousands of dollars under your pillow.

552 Promethea  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:09:11pm

It's too bad that there are so many ignorant fools like this Mos Def in the United States.

Seeing this kind of ignoramus on a popular TV show makes me sad. How many of these stupid people are running around in the United States?

I hope Mr. Mos Def gets taxed bashed under Obama's new tax plan to tax the "rich." That would be some kind of ironic justice.

553 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:09:19pm

re: #538 Archimedes
Well, according to her bio (on the link) "Jean Scheid has enjoyed freelance writing for 15 years and her broadest experience is on green and alternative lifestyle topics, where she has written for many clients and The Taos (N.M) News."
Maybe that's why you've never heard of her.

554 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:09:48pm

re: #545 Killer Tomato

Ok, since you insist, here it is...

This one time I had a bad flu which made me cough up lots of nasty yellow-green mucus. I had to use a large mug as a spittoon when I went to bed, to save me having to get up and make frequent trips to the bathroom. By the time I finally got to sleep the mug was getting near full. When I awoke next morning, I went to cough up into it and saw that it was now half empty, with a happily purring cat sat next to it.

555 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:10:24pm

I hereby nominate Mos Def for todays Darwin Award.

556 rain of lead  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:10:54pm

re: #554 Jimmah

EWWWWW!

557 pink freud  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:11:02pm

How Obama Ruined The Easter Egg Roll

/dude can't chew gum and walk w/o f'ing things up

558 UncleSam  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:11:26pm

re: #554 Jimmah

Ok, since you insist, here it is...

This one time I had a bad flu which made me cough up lots of nasty yellow-green mucus. I had to use a large mug as a spittoon when I went to bed, to save me having to get up and make frequent trips to the bathroom. By the time I finally got to sleep the mug was getting near full. When I awoke next morning, I went to cough up into it and saw that it was now half empty, with a happily purring cat sat next to it.

I have to go throw up now.
Back in a minute.

559 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:11:32pm

re: #543 Afrocity
Well I'm glad to hear you're coming along well! But, what is "I need to do a hoaky plug but I just love those Boathouse Farms juices. They make me feel great. I love the Blue Goddess one." Is that something that they make you drink in the hospital and do they put anything "extra" in 'em?!?

560 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:12:36pm

re: #527 NYCHardhat

He is the most ignorant douche bag I have ever seen.

As an aside, the woman who wrote that article was a poor writer. Bad grammar, bad punctuation. Badly organized thoughts. Seems the publication she writes for has fairly low standards. Not trying to be snobby. I'm not an English major or anything but I do expect a certain level of diligence from writers.

561 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:12:53pm

re: #526 BignJames

Should'nt have started that

Okay, this might amuse you:

562 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:12:53pm

re: #468 Gus 802

Had a little spyware event.

Make sure to look up "Mos Def" "Bin Laden" lyrics.

He should be banned from flying. Including in private aircraft, unless the US has a marshal on board, that he has to pay for.
Let him take a band bus to his shows.
Besides, a bus is better for drive bys.

563 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:13:15pm

re: #551 doppelganglander

Luck? Do they think you won health insurance in the lottery? Or maybe the insurance fairy comes and leaves thousands of dollars under your pillow.

..."but (Afrocity) if we had universal healthcare then everyone would be able getequal treatment. How would you feel if you needed that surgery and could not afford it?"

Afrocity: If I did not have health insurance, I would not have known that the damn growth was there in the first place, so I would not have had an operation.

564 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:13:48pm

re: #555 Gus 802

I hereby nominate Mos Def for todays Darwin Award.

Hate to be pedantic, but in order to qualify for a Darwin Award, the contestant must die in an incredibly stupid manner of his/her folly, and do so without leaving any offspring.

Dems da rulez.

565 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:13:57pm

re: #552 Promethea
"Seeing this kind of ignoramus on a popular TV show makes me sad. How many of these stupid people are running aroundvote in the United States?
I think that's the more relevent question. And I'm afraid of the answer to it!

566 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:14:26pm

re: #564 Slumbering Behemoth

Hate to be pedantic, but in order to qualify for a Darwin Award, the contestant must die in an incredibly stupid manner of his/her folly, and do so without leaving any offspring.

Dems da rulez.

Ah. OK. What if he's really a Zombie? //

567 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:14:53pm

re: #560 LGoPs

As an aside, the woman who wrote that article was a poor writer. Bad grammar, bad punctuation. Badly organized thoughts. Seems the publication she writes for has fairly low standards. Not trying to be snobby. I'm not an English major or anything but I do expect a certain level of diligence from writers.

I only watched one part, but I missed the parts where Mos was slapping the other guys around with this brilliance....was she watching another show and just made that stuff up?

568 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:15:14pm

re: #561 Archimedes


Hell, it must be a disease.

569 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:15:15pm

re: #557 pink freud

How Obama Ruined The Easter Egg Roll

/dude can't chew gum and walk w/o f'ing things up

What a bunch of assholes. Ruining the Easter Egg Roll. My cat could do that better.

Everything they touch turns to dross. They're like a reverse philosopher's stone.

570 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:15:34pm

re: #562 Kosh's Shadow

He should be banned from flying. Including in private aircraft, unless the US has a marshal on board, that he has to pay for.
Let him take a band bus to his shows.
Besides, a bus is better for drive bys.

Yeah, only in America can we allow someone like this to run around saying those things right after that tragic event. Guess that's his right as they say.

A bus would be perfect. Especially for the drive bys.

571 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:16:00pm

re: #553 realwest

Well, according to her bio (on the link) "Jean Scheid has enjoyed freelance writing for 15 years and her broadest experience is on green and alternative lifestyle topics, where she has written for many clients and The Taos (N.M) News."
Maybe that's why you've never heard of her.

Yeah, I was just wondering if anyone had heard of her before. 15 years of writing and she writes like a hack. Seriously bad writing for someone who is supposed to be a pro.

572 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:16:13pm

re: #563 Afrocity

..."but (Afrocity) if we had universal healthcare then everyone would be able getequal treatment. How would you feel if you needed that surgery and could not afford it?"

Afrocity: If I did not have health insurance, I would not have known that the damn growth was there in the first place, so I would not have had an operation.

For national health care, see the scene in the Hitch-Hikers' Guide movie where they have to deal with the Vogon bureaucracy.

573 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:16:18pm

re: #563 Afrocity

..."but (Afrocity) if we had universal healthcare then everyone would be able getequal treatment. How would you feel if you needed that surgery and could not afford it?"

Afrocity: If I did not have health insurance, I would not have known that the damn growth was there in the first place, so I would not have had an operation.

I don't want equal treatment. I want the best treatment I can get. That's why we are paying nearly $900 a month to continue our health insurance through COBRA.

Glad you're feeling so much better. I can talk today!

574 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:17:13pm

re: #557 pink freud
Geez. However, from your link: "There’s another flaw in the online approach: With the egg roll more than two weeks from the date of the online ticket distribution, as opposed to at most three days in the past, the Obama administration has created a huge opening for the online scalping of free tickets."
Capitalism survives yet again. And right under Obama's nose!

575 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:17:19pm

re: #571 Archimedes

Yeah, I was just wondering if anyone had heard of her before. 15 years of writing and she writes like a hack. Seriously bad writing for someone who is supposed to be a pro.

I'm a word pro. She's a word ho.

576 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:17:20pm

re: #557 pink freud

How Obama Ruined The Easter Egg Roll

/dude can't chew gum and walk w/o f'ing things up

Figures. Typical left wing yuppie move on his part.

577 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:17:34pm

re: #568 BignJames

Hell, it must be a disease.

It's world wide. I've seen rap from all over the world. I'm not a fan of it, to be sure, but it's amazing how far this stuff travels.

578 ArchangelMichael  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:17:35pm

re: #563 Afrocity

..."but (Afrocity) if we had universal healthcare then everyone would be able getequal treatment. How would you feel if you needed that surgery and could not afford it?"

Afrocity: If I did not have health insurance, I would not have known that the damn growth was there in the first place, so I would not have had an operation.

Or how about this...

"Afrocity: If we had universal healthcare the government health bureaucrat would schedule my surgury at the earliest possible opening... 4 and half years from now, hoping that I will die before then so they can spend the money on hookers and blow for congress."

Ok, maybe a little over the top but I think the point is made.

579 pink freud  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:17:40pm

re: #569 Catttt

Tammy Bruce went ahead and said it out loud ..."trash in the White House."

580 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:18:10pm

re: #573 doppelganglander

I don't want equal treatment. I want the best treatment I can get. That's why we are paying nearly $900 a month to continue our health insurance through COBRA.

Glad you're feeling so much better. I can talk today!

That's great news! Glad too see you on the mend!

581 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:18:33pm

re: #575 Catttt

I'm a word pro. She's a word ho.

Are you talking about Jean Scheid? I don't think the elevator goes all the way to the top floor. The lights are on but nobody's home....

582 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:18:47pm

re: #547 Catttt

Believe it or not, I saw that when it was originally on TV on Video Nite.

What can I say? I'm a Trekkie. If I see Shatner, I stop and watch.

Sure, I like him too, but man can he be cheesy.

583 Aye Pod  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:19:11pm

re: #556 rain of lead

EWWWWW!

Heh. Telling true-life 'gross stories' round the camp fire is a time honoured tradition where I come from.

584 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:19:36pm

re: #570 Gus 802

Yeah, only in America can we allow someone like this to run around saying those things right after that tragic event. Guess that's his right as they say.

A bus would be perfect. Especially for the drive bys.

And I agree he has a right to say it.
But stating he supports terrorists that have attacked the US should result in his being treated like a terrorist supporter.

585 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:19:50pm

re: #559 realwest

But, what is "I need to do a hoaky plug but I just love those Boathouse Farms juices. They make me feel great. I love the Blue Goddess one." Is that something that they make you drink in the hospital and do they put anything "extra" in 'em?!?


Boathouse Farms Juices

586 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:19:51pm

re: #567 Desert Dog

I only watched one part, but I missed the parts where Mos was slapping the other guys around with this brilliance....was she watching another show and just made that stuff up?

No. NYCHardHat had the following link to an article by her and that was what I was commenting on. There she referenced other parts of the program that I didn't see either.
[Link: www.examiner.com...]

587 pat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:20:37pm

Universal health care, with a excess profit tax on drug companies. Wonderful. Next will be Universal Farms, Universal Food Packers, Universal Toys, Universal Housing, Universal Media, Universal School, Universal Pay, Universal Humor, Universal Religion.
Choice is only for the overlords.

588 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:20:54pm

re: #584 Kosh's Shadow

And I agree he has a right to say it.
But stating he supports terrorists that have attacked the US should result in his being treated like a terrorist supporter.

I agree. But, he's a protected peoples and you know how that goes.

589 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:21:50pm

re: #572 Kosh's Shadow
Actually, although I gather not as entertaining as the Hitch-Hikers Guide, I understand that a better grasp of it would be to be living in Canada or GB and fall ill.

590 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:21:56pm

And you thought rap was bad, try this one:

I know a guy who likes this, and you'll note that all of the comments on youtube are positive. I listened to this three times really closely to try to understand it and I just don't get it.

591 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:22:37pm

re: #587 pat

Universal health care, with a excess profit tax on drug companies. Wonderful. Next will be Universal Farms, Universal Food Packers, Universal Toys, Universal Housing, Universal Media, Universal School, Universal Pay, Universal Humor, Universal Religion.
Choice is only for the overlords.

Sounds like a paradise for workers.....a workers paradise! I can hardly wait for the next 5 year plan from the Central Committee!

/

592 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:23:17pm

re: #572 Kosh's Shadow

For national health care, see the scene in the Hitch-Hikers' Guide movie where they have to deal with the Vogon bureaucracy.

I've never read or seen the HH (tried first book, didn't like it), but I use Trek analogies all the time. Many people who are of the young persuasion and not geeks don't get it, but what do I care. That's why I like the techs - they ALWAYS get Trek stuff.

593 doppelganglander  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:23:28pm

re: #587 pat

Universal health care, with a excess profit tax on drug companies. Wonderful. Next will be Universal Farms, Universal Food Packers, Universal Toys, Universal Housing, Universal Media, Universal School, Universal Pay, Universal Humor, Universal Religion.
Choice is only for the overlords.

Why does that make me think of all the generic products in "Repo Man," including the can cryptically marked "Food?"

594 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:23:46pm

re: #583 Jimmah
Um, noting personal, but could y'all go back to where you came from the next time you want to tell a knee-slapper like that one?!

595 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:24:16pm

President O has not heard "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," and he hasn't a clue how to fix what's broke.

596 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:25:00pm

re: #595 Catttt

President O has not heard "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," and he hasn't a clue how to fix what's broke.

Unfortunately, he's going by another saying: "If it's broke, f*ck it up even more"

597 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:25:05pm

I will turn in. I need to get up to see O-trauma on Face The Nation.
Nite all.

598 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:25:25pm

re: #557 pink freud

How Obama Ruined The Easter Egg Roll

/dude can't chew gum and walk w/o f'ing things up

Obama lied. The Easter Bunny died.

599 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:25:42pm

re: #583 Jimmah

Heh. Telling true-life 'gross stories' round the camp fire is a time honoured tradition where I come from.

It is too late tonight for me to tell the gross-out story I learned in camp, about a prospector and Pancho Villa.

Good night lizards.

600 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:26:14pm

re: #585 Afrocity Well that was right kind of you to do that, thank you! Looks sorta like Snapple to me but different shaped bottles!

601 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:26:20pm

re: #594 realwest

Um, noting personal, but could y'all go back to where you came from the next time you want to tell a knee-slapper like that one?!

What up bro? Hope you are well

602 Catttt  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:26:26pm

re: #597 Afrocity

I will turn in. I need to get up to see O-trauma on Face The Nation.
Nite all.

Me too. Tomorrow is work day for me. /O-trauma - good one!

Nite you all. Be good.

603 Archimedes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:27:07pm

re: #575 Catttt

I'm a word pro. She's a word ho.

No doubt!

604 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:27:10pm

re: #598 HelloDare

Obama lied. The Easter Bunny died.

But the liberals will still tell ya that everything is egg-cellent.

605 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:27:46pm

re: #593 doppelganglander

Why does that make me think of all the generic products in "Repo Man," including the can cryptically marked "Food?"

I heard that no company would supply product for placement, except for the Evergreen Air Freshener Company.
Ever read Dioretix - The science of matter over mind?
That was a great movie.

606 UncleSam  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:28:06pm

re: #582 Archimedes

Sure, I like him too, but man can he be cheesy.

What makes Shatner so cool is that he acknowledges and embraces his cheesiness.
Hell, he's made a great career off of it.
Check him out on "Boston Legal."
Way left-lib show, but well done and funny, when it doesn't make you want to smash the TV due to the lefty moralizing.

607 Afrocity  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:28:24pm

re: #600 realwest

Well that was right kind of you to do that, thank you! Looks sorta like Snapple to me but different shaped bottles!

and $3 more. Try it. Especially for your condition. The B vitamins would be good for your immune system.

608 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:28:28pm

re: #597 Afrocity
Gah, how can you face Obama on Face the Nation?!
LOL!
But y'all ought to get your rest and regain your strength!
Good night and I hope you sleep well!

609 LGoPs  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:29:51pm

The ZZZZZzzzzzzz monster is tugging at my eyeballs. G'nite lizards.

610 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:30:33pm

*sigh* Evening all. Night shift(?) checking in.

611 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:30:34pm

re: #609 LGoPs

The ZZZZZzzzzzzz monster is tugging at my eyeballs. G'nite lizards.

weet dreams lizard

612 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:31:41pm

re: #597 Afrocity

I will turn in. I need to get up to see O-trauma on Face The Nation.
Nite all.

The are renaming the show for that one broadcast.
They're calling it Two-Face The Nation.

613 IslandLibertarian  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:32:11pm

Mo Def..........never enter into a battle of wits unarmed.

OT: Saw the Nick Cage movie "Knowing" this afternoon.........worth the price of a matinee ticket.

614 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:34:47pm

re: #612 HelloDare

The are renaming the show for that one broadcast.
They're calling it Two-Face The Nation.

I think Obama's leaving for Europe that tomorrow night or Monday. Perhaps he can stay there.

615 swamprat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:34:51pm

night lizards

616 funky chicken  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:36:05pm

re: #147 reine.de.tout

This guy cannot be gotten through to. His entire world view is based on the "community" he calls his own, where people like the Black Panther he mentioned end up in jail for no reason at all, so therefore he has a reason not to trust anything or anybody.

Terrible reasoning. Actually, none at all. But that's the reasoning he grew up surrounded by, and that's what he'll take to his grave.

It's the same reasoning that could lead an entire neighborhood (and writers for the NY Times and AP) to praise a psychotic cop killer and child rapist like they just did in Oakland.

617 Pietr  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:37:15pm

Good Evening/Early Morning to whomever is left. Look like a lot of peeps took a late shift change.....

618 DisturbedEma  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:38:02pm

re: #614 Gus 802

I think Obama's leaving for Europe that tomorrow night or Monday. Perhaps he can stay there.

they do not loooove him like they once did.. . just saying the bloom is off the zero rose. . .

619 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:38:41pm

Evening/Morning Pietr. I am here for awhile. Just don't know how long though. :p

620 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:38:42pm

re: #617 Pietr

Good Evening/Early Morning to whomever is left. Look like a lot of peeps took a late shift change.....

Good morning!

621 DisturbedEma  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:38:59pm

re: #608 realwest

Gah, how can you face Obama on Face the Nation?!
LOL!
But y'all ought to get your rest and regain your strength!
Good night and I hope you sleep well!

she just looks at the 'prompter. . .:)

622 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:39:06pm

re: #601 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops! I'm doing ok, really sleepy though - say, how do you look for the Final Four?

623 pat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:39:08pm

I love the SciFi Channel safety tips. My office cracks up when I spout my own. But they have learned they are real. lol.
I wish I could write a few for the channel.

624 funky chicken  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:39:09pm

re: #525 realwest

Yeah it was sort of a form letter - mine was sent by - well, I won't say cause it wouldn't be right, but what counts is that Billy Boy Ayers is about to get bitch slapped again.
If my letter helped you write yours and if our letters and apparently LOTS of others helped bitch slap him, that's just fine with me!

Real, I said earlier that I think Ayers was probably on the school lecture circuit for years but nobody paid any attention. I'm curious if you and other lizards agree, or if Obama's election brought this bastard to people's attention and leftist school administrators have found a new hero or something.

625 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:39:46pm

re: #618 DisturbedEma

they do not loooove him like they once did.. . just saying the bloom is off the zero rose. . .

Down to one last petal and Gordon Brown is holding onto it. I expect Brown to give him a DVD collection for Zone 2.

626 Summer Seale  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:40:29pm

End result:

Hitchens wins a knockout in one round.

Mos Def is a fucking idiot.

Game over, man. Game over.

627 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:40:36pm

re: #610 BlueCanuck
Good evening Blue! Good to see you, even if it'll be for just a while! How are ya doing?

628 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:41:54pm

re: #615 swamprat
Good night swamprat - sleep well!

629 Obsidiandog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:42:02pm

It's not that he's strong enough to hold an unpopular position, it's that he's not smart enough to keep his mouth shut when he's obviously ignorant, or listen to the people he asked the question of.

Several ancient axioms come to mind, something about it being better to be thought a fool than opening your yap and removing all doubt, and when you are in a hole, stop digging.

How did this moron rise to any kind of status in our culture.....oh yeah...RAP. A poet...an ARTIST. I wonder why he wasn't chosen as Obama's inauguration Poet Laureate?

630 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:43:09pm

re: #627 realwest

Evening realwest. Right now I am as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof. Not at work right now as I should be. Something is going on and no one has told me what. I hope it's my transfer that I requested.

631 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:43:22pm

re: #616 funky chicken
YES! And did y'all see where Ron Dellums, MAYOR of Oakland was asked to not speak at the ceremony by the family of one of the murdered officers?

632 Pietr  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:44:14pm

A few quotes from a wise man....

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose.'- Ronald Reagan

'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'-Ronald Reagan


'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' Ronald Reagan


'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.'- Ronald Reagan


'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.' - Ronald Reagan


'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan

633 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:44:32pm

re: #617 Pietr Good morning Pietr, how are ya this morning?

634 JohnAdams  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:45:03pm

What's interesting to me is the lunatics like Mos get a free pass when "lunatics' who are articulating a pro-life viewpoint are immediately branded as cranks

635 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:45:15pm

re: #614 Gus 802

I think Obama's leaving for Europe that tomorrow night or Monday. Perhaps he can stay there.

He already ticked off Sarkozy, Brown...the Easter Bunny. Wonder whose shoes he's going to piss on this time?

636 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:45:25pm

re: #622 realwest

Hey Hoops! I'm doing ok, really sleepy though - say, how do you look for the Final Four?

Hey Real! Sunday at 2:20 is Louisville Vs. Mich. State.. I'm picking the cards to go all the way..so It's a must win

637 funky chicken  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:45:38pm

Well...good night everybody. See you around :-)

638 arcatan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:46:21pm

Mos Def was actually applying state-of-the-art Liberal feigned ignorance in claiming that he had no opinion because he doesn't trust the media. Hitchens might have gotten to the point quicker if he inquired about Mr. Def's opinion of President Bush, and how he may have arrived at that opinion. But I do respect Hitchens in observing that anyone who claims such ignorance could only be an idiot.

I suspect that this demonstration of brutal honesty will require the 5th column media to make an extra effort to ostracize Mr. Hitchens.

639 Pietr  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:46:25pm

re: #633 realwest

Good morning Pietr, how are ya this morning?

I'm doing OK, RW. BBQ'd yesterday, after the rain died down, but it got down to 41 this AM....How's by you?

640 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:46:39pm

re: #635 HelloDare

He already ticked off Sarkozy, Brown...the Easter Bunny. Wonder whose shoes he's going to piss on this time?

Merkel's?

641 burntjohn  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:46:44pm

A little off topic, but cool none-the-less

Portrait of Thomas Paine.
[Link: www.tattooartists.org...]

642 HelloDare  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:49:30pm

re: #640 Gus 802

Merkel's?

Hope it's not open-toed pumps.

643 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:49:31pm

re: #624 funky chicken
Well he's been something of a big deal in academic circles and has written, iirc, several books on education in public schools, so I'd be surprised if he hadn't been on the lecture circuit all this time. I'm sure he's the darling of certain parts of academia who get a thrill up their leg (ya know, like Chrissy Matthews did/does with Obama) by hanging with someone who was dangerous and a hero to THEIR cause.
If I'd have known about it, I surely would have had my dream come true cause I coulda met him after one of his lectures so I could, uh, mmmmm get his autograph! Yeah, that's it, get his autograph on my Louisville Slugger!

644 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:50:16pm

re: #642 HelloDare

Hope it's not open-toed pumps.

Ha! Better send the email!

//

645 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:51:02pm

re: #630 BlueCanuck Uh, who was it that told you not to come in tonight and didja ask 'em why not?

646 So?  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:51:32pm

I think this rapper dude should be sent on a little camping trip in the foothills of Pakistan. Then if he still doesn't get it... perhaps he can continue his journey of enlightenment into Afghanistan. This is why America is going down the shit hole, cause people would rather laugh at the stupidity coming from this rapper than listen to seasoned, reasoned, educated people. They can only identify with the dumb and dumbest. Which is why Hollywood caters to them with schlock fit for 6 year olds. We live in sad times. Never has so much information been available at your fingertips, yet, I gotz to seez it fo myself. So go rapper, go and check out the Taliban. They'll welcome you with broken arms!

647 Pietr  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:52:19pm

'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.' - Ronald Reagan

'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' Ronald Reagan


'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan


'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan


'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' - Ronald Reagan

648 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:52:33pm

re: #636 HoosierHoops They damn well better cause I got the Cards and NC in the finals!

649 pink freud  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:52:56pm

re: #647 Pietr

Pietr, how's your brother in law doing?

650 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:53:01pm

re: #637 funky chicken
Good night funky and sleep well!

651 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:53:48pm

re: #646 So?

I'm pretty sure the Taliban would just love his lyrics and his lifestyle. Two peas in a pod: Taliban and Rappers.

//

652 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:55:27pm

re: #645 realwest

Actually, no one called me. Showed up ready to work and the supervisor I usually relieve asked me what I was doing there. Didn't think nothing of it, changed and went back to the desk. I was then told to call the Security manager for the site.

He told me on the phone that someone from head office was supposed to call me on Friday to inform me about the change in my schedule. Of course I was out of town, but no one called or left a message. So I had to change, once again. And schlep back home with no plans for a Saturday night.

653 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:56:40pm

re: #652 BlueCanuck
Whew! Well I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but at least you didn't get fired or anything like that!

654 AmeriDan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:57:13pm

Hello Blue, and other Lizards.

655 Pietr  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:57:13pm

re: #649 pink freud

Iffy, to put it mildly. When they started him on Chemo, it DROPPED his cell count, and pushed him into Pneumonia. It's somewhat 'touch and go', at present-so still praying for better results. Thanks for the thought.....

656 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:57:36pm

re: #653 realwest

Yeah, but that whole not knowing thing isn't conducive to a good nights sleep.

657 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:58:05pm

*checks watch* Morning AmeriDan.

658 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:59:05pm

re: #652 BlueCanuck

You work in a production facility?

659 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:59:24pm

I really have to stop StumbleOn-ing.....but I keep finding cool websites.

Check out this lizard:

Impressive Chameleon

(btw...sorry about the music)

660 So?  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 10:59:52pm

re: #651 Gus 802

I'm pretty sure the Taliban would just love his lyrics and his lifestyle. Two peas in a pod: Taliban and Rappers.

//

I have no idea who this guy is or what his lyrics say. Why someone like this is on TV beats the hell out of me. I doubt the Taliban listen to rap unless they've hit the hooka pipe.

661 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:00:09pm

re: #654 AmeriDan

Hello Blue, and other Lizards.


Hi there! hope today finds you well

662 AmeriDan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:00:10pm

re: #657 BlueCanuck

*checks watch* Morning AmeriDan.

Rotating shift. It's afternoon time for this weekend, but I got your point.

663 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:01:08pm

re: #655 Pietr Ah Pietr, I'm sorry to hear that, and am sending up prayers for him and you and your whole family.

664 pink freud  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:01:20pm

re: #655 Pietr

Thanks for the update, Pietr. I think of him every time I see you post but did not want to impose. My prayers are with him to beat this thing. I know this is hard for you and you are in my thoughts and prayers too.

665 Gus  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:01:28pm

re: #660 So?

I have no idea who this guy is or what his lyrics say. Why someone like this is on TV beats the hell out of me. I doubt the Taliban listen to rap unless they've hit the hooka pipe.

There's a bunch of links in the comments above. I posted one of his crazy lyrics to "Bin Laden" which he "sang" blaming everything on Bush and the USA. The usual BS.

666 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:01:45pm

re: #662 AmeriDan

Rotating shift. It's afternoon time for this weekend, but I got your point.


You too? I'm 730pm to 730 am this weekend.

667 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:02:29pm

re: #658 BignJames

Nah, I am a security guard. I know I asked for a transfer over a year ago, and last October again. I hope that's it, but it's the whole not knowing thing.

668 NY Nana  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:02:29pm

When I say that I am glad to be here, I really mean it. We were in Brooklyn taking care of our 2 1/2 year old grandson, who has energy to donate to about 100 people. When we put him to sleep, I dozed off watching TV, as did NY Grampa. I never do this normally.

I am a diabetic, on insulin, and felt like I was hypoglycemic. I took my blood glucose level, and it was 36....close to falling into a coma. I have never had a blood glucose level that low in all these years. And after this long, a diabetic can be hypo, and not realize it, as I found out any number of times, but I was never this low. Luckily I had a tube of glucose tablets that I always carry when we are out. There is a big bottle of them at home, too. I took them, and NY Grampa made me some microwave popcorn. That and the tablets helped. And there were a few other things I had to eat to bring up my blood glucose.

I am just now realizing what might have happened if I had been even asleep for 15 minutes more. Still shuddering. Please, anyone who is a diabetic on insulin, anyone who has a diabetic relative or friend, a co-worker, a neighbor, make sure that you know what to do if this happens. It can be a matter of life or death...as I realize I was in. I have a Glucogen pen that can be used if I pass out, but never take it with me...from now on? It goes where I go. I never go out alone, as I am physically disabled, so NY Grampa, who is also a diabetic, is with me..I actually diagnosed his diabetes, BTW...long story.

At any rate, here is the info on hypoglycemia, in case anyone needs it...I only hope that it will never be needed.

Going to get some things done, test again, and go to sleep!

G'nite,all. Sweet dreams.

See you very happily in the AM! ;)

669 burntjohn  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:02:39pm

We The People Stimulus Package

670 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:03:32pm

re: #656 BlueCanuck
Aw hell, Blue - I woulnd't worry about it any; it was probably just a mixed connection of some sort. Can y'all call tomorrow and find out what's going on?
But, SERIOUSLY don't lose any sleep over it. I'm quite sure if they were gonna fire ya, one of the people you spoke to tonight woulda said something to you. Chill!

671 pink freud  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:04:19pm

re: #659 Desert Dog

Very cool!

672 So?  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:04:21pm

re: #659 Desert Dog

I really have to stop StumbleOn-ing.....but I keep finding cool websites.

Check out this lizard:

Impressive Chameleon

(btw...sorry about the music)

How do they sense to match the "exact" same colors? It's pretty amazing. Same pantone color.

673 Osama Bin Asshat  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:04:23pm

Dope...it's good for ya!

674 AmeriDan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:04:41pm

re: #661 HoosierHoops

Hi there! hope today finds you well

Thank you, but it's dark days around here.

Tiller, Mizzou end Memphis' 27-game winning streak

*sob*

675 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:05:14pm

re: #668 NY Nana


Hey! You be careful!

676 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:05:55pm

re: #672 So?

How do they sense to match the "exact" same colors? It's pretty amazing. Same pantone color.

Not sure, it's the same for octopi.....they can match whatever color they come across....pretty wild.

677 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:06:59pm

re: #674 AmeriDan

*sob*

That was a well played game..Can you believe Nova's play last night?
I thought Pitt ws the toughest team in the Dance..Boy did Nova come to play!

678 AmeriDan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:07:14pm

re: #666 BignJames

You too? I'm 730pm to 730 am this weekend.

We rotate every two weeks. Monday, I'll have two weeks of being a "normal" person... M-F 8a-4p.

679 DEZes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:07:59pm

Yes I am up late, yes I am late to the thread.
But regardless the hour, I bought a sack of potato's with more brains than Mos Def.
He must be the Mos Stupid Sombitch to ever draw a breath.
How did this idiot amass enough fame to be relevant?
How does his drug addled brain emit enough energy to keep his heart beating and his chops flapping?
He should change his nic to Mos Dum Mudda Fuka.

680 pink freud  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:08:34pm

re: #668 NY Nana

Nana, I'm glad you are ok.

681 Pietr  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:08:45pm

How to Tell the Sex of a Fly

JUST TOO CUTE.
A woman walked into the kitchen to find her
husband stalking around with a fly swatter

"What are you doing?"
She asked.

"Hunting Flies"
He responded.

"Oh. ! Killing any?"
She asked.

"Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.

Intrigued, she asked.
"How can you tell them apart?"

He responded,
"3 were on a beer can,
2 were on the phone.

682 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:08:52pm

re: #678 AmeriDan

I work a combo of 12s and 8s

683 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:09:14pm

Well y'all it's late for me and I gotta get some sleep!
Blue, seriously my friend, don't worry about it. Just show up for work or call your supervisor first and say what's up - am I on this shift or not?
Either way, nothing you can do about it tonight, so don't let it eat atcha none!
Pietr - some additional prayers going up, cause y'all can't ever have too many.
I hope the rest of y'all have a great late evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.

Good night, all.

684 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:09:30pm

re: #670 realwest

thanks rw. I just don't trust our client service manager. He is a sneaky son of a bitch. Tends to ignore most problems until they go away.

685 DEZes  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:09:48pm

re: #681 Pietr

Very good!

686 Desert Dog  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:09:56pm

re: #682 BignJames

I work a combo of 12s and 8s

I own a small business, I work 5 12's and then cover the weekend every other week

687 BlueCanuck  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:10:23pm

Night real west, weet dreams.

688 AmeriDan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:11:17pm

re: #677 HoosierHoops

That was a well played game..Can you believe Nova's play last night?
I thought Pitt ws the toughest team in the Dance..Boy did Nova come to play!

I'm glad I didn't bet any money this year. I would have never picked Nove over Pitt. Or that Duke would be out so soon.

689 Pietr  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:11:33pm

re: #683 realwest

G'night RW-sleep peacefully.....

690 BignJames  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:12:04pm

re: #686 Desert Dog


I'm a stationary engineer at a manufacturing plant....24/7/365...."we dose but we never close"

691 realwest  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:13:21pm

re: #684 BlueCanuck
Well if he thinks you're a big problem, STAND IN FRONT of him and don't go away!
Seriously my friend, it's late and you're mind can be just playing tricks on you and unless there's someone you can call tonight, then just chill and enjoy the evening off!
Be cool, Blue.

Now good night y'all!

692 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:13:24pm

Kembra Walker played the game of his life for UConn last night...
He said he cried after the game last night..I don't blame him..Kind of choked me up also..The dude manned up last night.. His team mates said they watched a boy become a man last night..I see millions of dollars in that young mans future..Can you say NBA draft?

693 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:14:00pm

re: #60 Slumbering Behemoth

Mos Def can certainly flow, but on issues such as this he is woefully (perhaps even willfully) ignorant.

It was my understanding that Mos Def bills himself as a Muslim rapper, so I think that "willfully" is understating the case.

694 stevieray  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:14:31pm

Feh.

Clicked on the "new comments" button and got booted back to the front page again.

695 AmeriDan  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:15:21pm

re: #690 BignJames

I'm a stationary engineer at a manufacturing plant....24/7/365...."we dose but we never close"

I'm a stationary engineer at a medical center. That is also our motto.

696 Digital Display  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:16:22pm

upthread -------->

697 kynna  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:17:42pm

I watched this from Killgore's link on the last thread. Mos Def is unwatchable. What a ninny.

---

Got a question about Earth Hour. Now, was that supposed to be tonight? At 8:30? Because I was at a television network party at that time and there were many mega-lights and a big sound system. You name it, it was being powered by electricity. A lot of electricity.

Hmm. I'm sure they were all very excited about Earth Hour, though. The VIP lounge was lit up like a Holiday Tree with all the Earthy happiness, disco balls, and search lights.

Maybe next year, eh?

698 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:20:10pm

re: #634 JohnAdams

Does. Not. Follow.

699 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:26:51pm

re: #130 wordsworth

He just asked a dumb question, while playing naive, and he got called out on it. His politics are just empty rhetoric, but even when it was explained to him, he still refused to take the point....so why was he on the show? I don't think he came off incoherent, he's just ignorant and wants to buy into this Lefty fantasy narrative.

Nobody on the show managed to get through to him, and that's the problem we face. What you just saw represents a large youth population group think in our country. Instead of writing them off as incoherent we need to figure out how to get through to such zombies, or at least stop them from thinking their uneducated voices are valid.

Actually, he is incoherent. I watched that video all the way through, glutton for punishment that I am, and I don't think Mos Def managed to complete a single simple declarative sentence. He's literally babbling in sentence fragments.

I imagine me an anti-drug ad: "This is your brain," picture of Chris Hitchens. "This is your brain on crack," picture of Mos Def.

700 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:30:31pm

re: #638 arcatan

I suspect that this demonstration of brutal honesty will require the 5th column media to make an extra effort to ostracize Mr. Hitchens.

I like that, and will henceforth use it. From this point forward, anyone who attempts to denounce Hitchens will be identified as part of the liberal, commie, MSM, or a supporter thereof.

//I like it 'cuz it's funny to me

701 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:39:20pm

re: #2 Charles

I've spent most of the day being astounded by the amount of mucus the human body can produce when infected by a rhinovirus. (No, not a RINO virus, wise guys.) If we could harness the power of mucus, we wouldn't be worrying about global warmening.

There is a product sold here in Canada, called Cold FX. It's capsules based on a refined extract from ginseng plants. They claim to have a patent on a method of producing an extract with uniform and repeatable potency. The bottle (I have one in front of me as I type.) calls for 3 capsules 3 times a day for the first day, 2 capsules 3 times a day for the second day, and one capsule 3 times a day for the third day. If you begin this regimen at the first hint of a cold coming on, the cold will generally be averted. That means the first scratchy throat, or the first sniffle, or the first general bodily aches and pains. Once you have a full-blown cold, it's too little, too late.

I've used it for several years now, and I'd say my "batting average" with it is about .650, for what it's worth. Good idea to have a bottle on hand, as delaying overnight until the store opens is delaying too long. You need to start popping the stuff as soon as you sense the onset of a cold.

Here's their Website.

702 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:39:26pm

re: #693 Alberta Oil Peon

If that is true, then I would say you are correct. It would mean the the ignorance was intentionally feigned. I have said as much later in this thread as I have refined my opinion on the subject.

703 Colonel Panik  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:41:02pm

re: #248 Dustyvet

3 tacos short of the combination plate.

Twopack. 4 beers short of a 6 pack.

704 soccerdad  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:42:27pm

lovely that Bill Maher puts idiots on his show. Bill is the lowest form of media. if i didn't have the 'whole movie package" i would NOT let this idiot into my home. As it is...he is NOT permitted to be broadcastinto the home.

Would love to see Bill in a fair fight. he loves to surround himself with a liberal audience and three other liberal guests! he's a Pussy

705 NY Nana  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:43:33pm

re: #675 BignJames

Thanks. I am a retired RN, BTW, and have been in excellent control once I was diagnosed, and immediately placed on insulin. I was close to 500 when diagnosed...even with so much diabetes on both sides, I was in a state of denial re the many symptoms, and won't go into what the endocrinologist who I was using to treat my Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, an auto-immune disease, did. Let's just say that when his secretary called to give me my thyroid levels, and said 'Oh, by the way, Dr. A*hole said to tell you that you are a diabetic'. He was on a ski holiday, and would be back in 2 weeks. I asked what I was supposed to do? 'Get a glucose meter and test'. I told her what she could do, asked to be taken off his rota, and to send me my records (in NY State they are the patients' property)..I called the Joslin Clinic, in my native Boston, and they gave me a referral to an endocrinologist, who I called ASAP, and was told I would be taken on an emergency basis when I gave my blood glucose level.

He put me on tight control, and a lot of the symptoms I had? Gone! So far, bli ayin hara, no complications in nearly 15 years, and I also watch NY Grampa like a hawk!

What scares me more than diabetes, etc., is what will happen if The One passes his version of a 'No Care' system...as a senior citizen? Ice floe in Alaska!

I had to take another snack, as my blood glucose was a bit too close to hypoglycemia, and will test again, and then hopefully get to go to sleep!

I refuse to let diabetes get me...I will beat it into submission! ;)

BTW, I am considered to be a Type 1 and a half, requiring 3 shots of insulin/day...Humalog twice a day, and Lantus before I go to sleep.

Just checked. All is well, took Lantus, and am off to sleep!

G'nite all!

706 Alberta Oil Peon  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:46:15pm

re: #175 Sharmuta

WTH? Don't assume shit about people's faith.

The Wiki link posted upthread said that Mos Def, and several siblings are converts to Islam. And I remember hearing him described on a radio show as an "Islamic Rapper."

707 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Mar 28, 2009 11:54:27pm

re: #704 soccerdad

In this case we have two idiots (Mos and Bill) being artfully countered by two people (Rushdie and Hitchens) who are fathoms beyond the former group in terms of intellect.

Sadly, Mos makes even Bill Maher seem intelligent by comparison. Didn't think it was possible, but there it is.


Would love to see Bill in a fair fight. he loves to surround himself with a liberal audience and three other liberal guests! he's a Pussy

In the context of this video clip, you are off the mark with that pointless statement. I have to wonder if you even watched the clip. I will agree with your opinion that Maher is something of a pussy, though. However, I have not seen his latest film, so I have no idea how daring (or not) he was when criticizing islam in a muslim country.

708 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 12:06:19am

re: #707 Slumbering Behemoth

And for the record, I do not like Maher. I think he is an MOS. Pardon me, I meant POS.

/distinction without difference

709 [deleted]  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 12:51:15am
710 Almost Killed by Space Hookers  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 1:50:48am

OK,

I just watched that astonishingly painful clip. I will say my snarky mean two cents to get it out of my system and then move on to a more serious comment.

Snarky mean comment: Kids, don't do drugs. This is what will be left of your brain.

More serious comment:

Much like giving beauty queens and local Reverends the same footing as actual scientists the same footing in an evolution debate, this show is another example of the extreme anti-intellectualism in America and the resentment that people Americans feel for people who actually know something.

It is not that there are no Americans (or others on American television) with a clue, it is that they are given the same validity as the puppet show. Exactly when was the last time you heard some narcissistic, self inflated and second functionally grade educated show-biz twit sound enlightened about anything? We could ask the very valid question of, what in God's name allows us to even consider listening to them?

The sad, but true, answer is that if we correctly say to these prats that their opinions are useless, that they do not know their asses from holes in the ground, and that they are in general, wastes of human potential, and should therefore shut up and let those with educated and non-intoxicant addled minds talk about grown-up matters, we also have to be non-hypocrites and actually shut up and learn ourselves when confronted with someone who knows more than we do. Pride goeth before the fall. What we have reaped in this culture is a sense that everyone is entitled to everything without actually earning it - this includes respect of one's knowledge in the form of believing that one's own shattered thoughts and meaningless ramblings have the same validity of actual knowledge.

Here are some old time conservative values (That I admit I can use improvement on myself):

1. Listen more.
2. Read more.
3. Respect teachers and scholars.
4. Consider it a personal duty to make oneself into a teacher and a scholar (of something).
5. Do not waste time on fools. Do not suffer them gladly.
6. Try to be humble.

How positively beautiful it would have been if someone would have said: We just answered your question several times. If you do not believe us, then why did you ask in the first place? If you did not understand us then ask about what you don't understand and stop posing.

This is what I would say to my kids in class - and I have had several that have reminded me of this twit. The difference though is that in a university setting, there is at least, the social structure that they actually do need to listen to me if they want to learn the material and do well on the exams - and they actually do assume that I know more about the topic then they do.

Why does it not work here? Mostly because, outside of a structured environment everyone believes that their opinion is golden. Had the others properly put that fool in his place, they would have appeared arrogant and rude and it would have no longer been an entertainment show. It would have been something to take seriously. People hate that. They like the illusion of intellectual discourse but not the reality of learning.

I am sick of this country at times. Someone should start reminding people that opinions are like assholes - everyone has one.

711 Barking Pumpkin  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 2:15:48am

Mos Dum'
(I'm sure someone posted this before me, but I thought I'd comment first and then read the thread second)

712 hellosnackbar  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 3:10:19am

re#2 charles,
As a lover of Cuban cigars I have acute rhinitis/bronchitis problems about twice yearly.
After talking to an ENT colleague he told be to pour some very hotwater
into a bowl,put a towel over my head and inhale as much warm water vapour as possible.
I refined this method by adding a few drops of eugenol(clove )oil to the hot water,and found this treatment very effective (it does need repeating
every few hours depending on perceived discomfort.
The eugenol is useful insofar as it is bactericidal and analgesic as well as giving one the feeling that it's"doing me good".
On the subject of "the rapper"he's typical of brainless people the world over who imagine that they have a valid opinion substantiated( in their own mind)by mindless faith in the supernatural or a bankrupt political ideology.(eg. the unholy alliance between Islamism and the left)
Perhaps he'll give us the Koran in rap form, or the Taliban Trip, sometime soon.

713 wong fei hung  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 3:39:49am

Yeah, Hitch. Intellectually smack my b*tch up.

Stop breathing, Mos. Plenty of little animals could use the H2O your wasting.

-WFH

714 cloudsoup  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 3:49:51am

I'm so happy we Brits have been able to share Hitchens with you like this. Will you ever give him back to us?

715 POTUS  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 4:50:58am

I feel both strangely dirty and dumber for having watched that clip.

716 Ann NY  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 5:07:43am

Keep in mind he was claiming that this woman is innocent and he rallies for her pardon: Killer...
Hero?

She is the original cause before Mumia

717 Right Brain  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 5:21:20am

re: #714 cloudsoup

No.

He's a bit of a rarity over here, intellectuals here hold a party line, a Pravda party line, and counter-example is quashed. Having written for The Nation and then crossed over to rationality he has the same credibility that Ayn Rand did, she saw government-run collectivism first hand and reported accurately. He knows the Left's moves, as we saw in this video, eg. denial of facts, and always checks them. A real treasure that you sent us.

718 redseeped  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 5:24:00am

So many words for the purpose of saying, uh, nothing?

719 Pookykoala  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 5:37:55am

Here is an example of someone (Mos Def) who is completely hiding his head in the sand under the guise of pretending to seek out his own information ( and try to sound intelligent) by not checking out resources to form his own brilliant opinion, but has the nerve to ask what the Taliban's political agenda is all about? Hitchens was superb at countering Def's illiterate rant on TV and he called him on it. Looks like Hitchens doesn't suffer fools. We need more in the national media spotlight to help enlighten those that continue to keep their heads in the sand.

720 FrogMarch  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 6:22:57am

and Mos Def gets the applause. Our entire society is incoherent, ignorant and stupid.

721 kansas  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 6:34:31am

re: #720 FrogMarch

and Mos Def gets the applause. Our entire society is incoherent, ignorant and stupid.

Voted for Obama didn't they?

722 FrogMarch  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 6:36:52am

re: #721 kansas

Voted for Obama didn't they?

ah yes, they did. Isn't it wonderful? hope, change, teleprompter and a big steaming cup of deception. Perfect for our idiot masses.

723 cyclosarin  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 6:43:47am

What a shame, Hitchens and Rushdie could have been a really good show but booking that moron fucked it up.

724 FrogMarch  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 6:47:29am

re: #723 cyclosarin

What a shame, Hitchens and Rushdie could have been a really good show but booking that moron fucked it up.

Exactly. The raper ruined what could have been a interesting discussion.

725 notutopia  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:34:17am

Hitchens got this one dead on right with rapper Mos De,
He doesn't know!
Interesting to see this incoherency played out and aired.
It is a rampant problem of the Obamatrons.
They want to argue, but are incoherent after they start the argument.
Hitchens just clearly states facts. That's all it takes to get these numb skulls frothing at the mouth.
Just state the facts.

726 docremulac  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 8:25:53am

Moron rap is a product of the very liberal, very racist white music business. It's liberal white racist music moguls who encourage the stupidest morons to paint a picture of the black community using a profanity laced 50 word vocabulary, a drum machine and nothing else in the way of talent or originality.

Modern rappers are quite simply the Step and Fetch-it's of our time. The modern minstrel show is alive and well. This guy's job is to make white people feel superior, and he does it well.

I grew up with black musicians like Stevie Wonder. He's wrong on many issues but he's talented, intelligent and articulate. No place for somebody like him in the modern music business. Oh, and he's a devout Christian as well. Strike 3.

727 Ringo the Gringo  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 8:33:17am

Wow!

Sadly, I have a feeling Mos Def represents a majority of Americans.

728 Kronocide  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 8:36:20am

What a maroon, and neo-moran. Hitchens went easy on him.

729 callahan23  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 8:50:27am

Sorry extremely late but anyway:
mos def stated:

"Maybe I'm just a paranoid black man."

He is definitely maybe just a paranoid black muslim man.
Info to the muslim bit is to be had at #208 Gus 802 and #210 Aviator => Link.

He was rambling on and on incoherently, refusing to believe facts and interpretations of said facts and then got defensive when they were directly challenged. No in fact he kept on babbling just to keep the others in the discussion from saying anything. (Worked with Maher and Rushdie, but not with THE HITCHENS) Mos Def is not just another idiot, he uses the very same discussion tactics that so many moonbats and islamist-excuser's are using to defend the indefensible. But once challenged he became completely incoherent.

730 Kronocide  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 8:55:29am

Many thanks to Mos Def enlightening me. After he brought up Assata Shakur posters when he was a kid, I decided to educate myself on her life and story. Just as he is brave enough not to believe something because CNN says so, I'm brave enough to not believe some vacuous and excruciatingly illogical rhetoric about politics and government from a mediocre musician.

Now that we got that out of the way, is there anything of merit left to be said by this guy?

731 ellem  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 9:20:19am

Not only was his argument a non argument - Bill M shows us once again what a trite useless skin flap he is

732 Aye Pod  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 9:52:16am

The strength Mr M. Definitely talks about is the strength to be the loudest for the longest and an absolute steadfastness in the resistance to facts and reason no matter how persuasive they may be. It's what most people would call 'braying idiocy'.

733 Age Of Freedom  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 10:31:52am

This video just reminds me why I can't stand anything that sounds like Hip hop or rap. A fly sipping dogshit has more brain cells than Most Def.

734 Gusbenz  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 10:43:17am

The audience members exemplify retardation in that we hear their hands strike together every time Mos Def exhorts his passion for holding an unpopular idea. It's a shame that the audience views him as if he were David throwing stones at Goliath.

735 landline  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 10:43:38am

If you believe that Mr. Def is that clueless, you are allowing him to dupe you. He is a stone cold hater of the West, Christianity, and whites. The extreme skepticism he espouses is a tactic to disrupte discussion and harass whitey -since he doesn't have the education or reasoning skills to engage in an honest debate. When Hitchens -correctly- calls him out for using this tactic he resorts to ghetto posturing and phony assertions of bravery for "holding an unpopular position in his mind." It is hardly novel or courageous to question the West and defend the Muslim world since this viewpoint is shielded by political correctness. Is Mr. Def truly as "skeptical" when it comes to "facts" that make America and the West look egregious? No. I doubt he requires a certified translation or primary source material for the 9-11 Troof DREK he considers gospel.

736 Strike Hornet  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 10:51:57am

re: #95 Jimmah

Seriously, I thought the whole point of Ali G was to put an end to this sort of thing.

too funny...this could've been an Ali G episode...LOL

737 Armed  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 11:14:31am

And now you know what the intellect of the typical Obama voter looks like.

738 Strike Hornet  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 11:24:29am

re: #141 David Simon

Even more disappointing: Why did he go on national television so unprepared? If you want to find out about the Taliban, surely you could read at least one book that would keep you from asking the idiotic questions that he did. Yet he didn't seem the slightest bit embarrassed by his ignorance. And the crowd, at times, rewarded his idiocy with applause. As sad a pop culture spectacle as I've ever seen.

I could hardly understand what the hell he was saying....and that made me feel smart...

739 memoryleak  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 11:41:37am

What a frackin' dip!. Is this the result of affirmative action, ghetto poseur.

740 Dave Brown  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 11:45:59am

Hey, I expect Rushdie and Hitchens to be brilliant and on target on this topic.

I don't know Mo Def, and certainly don't expect him to be an expert on foreign affairs.

But frankly, I was impressed as hell that a rapper like Mo Def knew as much as he does. In the first few minutes I had a lot of respect for this guy... I think that with a little more patience he could have been brought around.

Then he was picked apart as if he was supposed to be a Cambridge political professor (instead of just a smart street kid).

Mo Def started in by asking an honest question. Hitchens (lord love him) was frankly being a total asshole by the last 2 minutes of this debate, when I think the whole discussion could have been directed a different way.

Just because Hitch has a correct political opinion, doesn't give him the license to alienate and offend for no reason. I think that he did more damage than good... in failing to take this rapper (and his many fans) seriously.

Sorry: Dumb move by a very smart guy.

741 Pupdawg  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 11:59:55am

re: #35 MandyManners

I had to quit after four minutes lest the dumb jump off of him and onto me.

I only lasted about 3 minutes at which time I started feeling concussed. Just listening to Bill Maher causes short term memory loss. Add Mos Def to the mix and instant brain sushi which rendered me mos or les def.

742 Strike Hornet  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 12:00:47pm

re: #147 reine.de.tout

This guy cannot be gotten through to. His entire world view is based on the "community" he calls his own, where people like the Black Panther he mentioned end up in jail for no reason at all, so therefore he has a reason not to trust anything or anybody.

Terrible reasoning. Actually, none at all. But that's the reasoning he grew up surrounded by, and that's what he'll take to his grave.

Yes...he despises everything that made him who he is today...
A millionaire recording artist/actor living in splendor and adored by millions of teenage wanna-be-gankstas and part of the wicked, selfish, greedy corporate conspiracy...

743 Dave Brown  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 12:08:46pm

OK... quick amendment to my above posting.

I just spent a few minutes Googling "Mos Def":

[Link: www.beliefnet.com...] (thanks "callahan23", post 729)

[Link: www.danielpipes.org...]

[Link: listing-index.ebay.com...]

[Link: cityfile.com...]

Like I said, "I don't know Mo[s] Def..." I hadn't read any of the earlier posts... I just watched the video.

Well, now that I know him a little better, I see that (in addition to being a "smart street kid") he definitely is a political animal, a Muslim, and likely an anti-semite. I didn't know that history.

So, I'll modify the nature of my comment from a purely rhetorical perspective, as a debater:

If Hitch knew this guy's history, he should have laid it out before his attack. That would have given some context to the debate.

Because he failed to do that, I would say that to the casual viewer (who probably knows little about ether Hitchens or Mos Def political bakgrounds) it was Hitchens that appeared to be out of line.

Thanks to the Lizardoids who do the homework... in the future I'll try to scan them before making my own comments.

744 gulfloafer  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 12:40:10pm

Mos Def should change his name to Mos Devoid of Grey Matter. I think Maher probably encouraged Mos Def to get high before he came on the show. Nobody can be that damn dumb. I kept waiting for Hitchens to ask Mos Def if he was on drugs or truely this ignorant.

745 Strike Hornet  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 1:02:19pm

re: #306 Sharmuta

BTW- Christopher is exactly right that if (God forbid) an attack happens, it better not be from a released Gitmo detainee, or there will be hell to pay. 0bama will 100% own that.

Well, McCain will own a share as well...

746 Strike Hornet  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 1:10:40pm

re: #344 jcm

A Smooth Transition

Isn't that cozy.

should be seamless? Of course it should be seamless, they are the same damn thing!
morons...

747 EaterOfFood  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 1:13:01pm

re: #172 Jimmah

Mos Def : "It's never been explained to me" - spoken like his ignorance is the fault of others. 'The system has failed me!'

And when someone tries to explain to him he ignores it.

748 BLBfootballs  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 2:01:16pm

Wow, Mos Def (er, Mr. Definitely) is about as incoherent here as he was in 16 Blocks.

What the %^@&%! is he talking about?! It's a bunch of half-baked silliness that doesn't come together at all; but he has "the right" to believe it....

I guess anyone has "the right" to be a moron if that's what they choose for their life.

749 Strike Hornet  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 2:08:25pm

re: #468 Gus 802

Had a little spyware event.

Make sure to look up "Mos Def" "Bin Laden" lyrics.

but DON'T DARE speak out about disagreeing with Obama on the "stimulus government grab"...
Suddenly "dissent" is not cool...
hypocrites

750 landline  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 2:11:20pm

re: #743 Dave Brown

Dave,

I'm glad that you took the time to research this schmuck -he has the mindset of the enemy through and through. Since he has been a Muslim for 16 years and he is also a political activist, how is it possible that he does not know the "platform" of
radical Islamists? And how could CNN get away with mistranslating Al Queda videos for the last 8 years and not get called out on it?

751 BLBfootballs  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 2:12:06pm

re: #740 Dave Brown

Couldn't disagree more. Mos Def repeatedly asked a question, and when people tried to answer him he repeatedly refused to accept the answer. His goal wasn't to gain clarity or more information -- it was to simply assert and then reassert his original "belief".

What happened in the last 3 minutes or so was that Hitchens wised up that what was going on here wasn't a dialogue, but a face-off between the knowledgeable and the proudly ignorant. Once that was understood Hitchens was on a perfectly appropriate track.

752 Strike Hornet  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 2:25:03pm

re: #552 Promethea

It's too bad that there are so many ignorant fools like this Mos Def in the United States.

Seeing this kind of ignoramus on a popular TV show makes me sad. How many of these stupid people are running around in the United States?

I hope Mr. Mos Def gets taxed bashed under Obama's new tax plan to tax the "rich." That would be some kind of ironic justice.

No worries for Mos Def on the Obama Tax plan...He'll just have his corporate hacks raise the price of his music on to those mindless suburban kids that spend all their parents hard earned money on making phony corporate hypocrites like Mos Def wealthy elitists...

753 Dave Brown  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 3:40:37pm

re: #751 BLBfootballs

Read my update in 743 ...

754 mad mullah  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 4:01:06pm

Mos [strike]Def[/strike]Moronic did not just ask an "innocent" question. He was following the same tactics that many ignorant moonbats do when they have an agenda.

Mos [strike]Def[/strike]Moronic is just another terrorist defending Muslim, who has in the past defended Al-Qaeda, thinks that 9/11 was an inside job and the idiot even believes that the moon landings were faked.

I have no comments on either his music or acting skills, but to even think about putting such an intellectual midget VS the likes of Hitchens on the same tv show together is pure comedic gold.

My favorite Bill Maher show, I don't really watch it much, Maher is a dishonest jerk IMO, was when Hitchens gives the finger to Maher's ignorant audience a few times.

755 BLBfootballs  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 4:39:59pm

re: #753 Dave Brown

Hi Dave.... Whoa, OK looks like I missed it the first time! Cheers for being open-minded and willing to do some research. It really does matter. Those are some useful links you posted up there.

Interesting that Hitchens didn't feel out of line at all to me personally.... but I'm already quite familiar with Hitchens's abrasive and aggressive style ('If only he could use those powers only for good...!') and I'd also wager I'm not too representative of most viewers' reactions.

756 tobariv  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 5:42:42pm

This video makes me appreciate our founding fathers' ideas on the electoral college. Just imagine how dumb our populace can be.

757 Obsidiandog  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 6:15:08pm

For those of you who have become newly-minted fans of "Mr. Definitly" as a result of this can catch him in the latest episode of FOX's "HOUSE" on Monday night. By the promos it appears he plays a brain dead patient which is either inspired casting or not-much-of-a-stretch.

758 Obsidiandog  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 6:21:48pm

re: #757 Obsidiandog

"Mr. Definitely"

scimf

759 The Political Class  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:14:49pm

Nice of him to at least ask the question. But he might as well asked "Who were the Nazis and what did they want?"
Why would someone want to show up on a panel with Hitchens and Rushdie with such questions standing unaswered in his mind?

760 schlagerman  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:38:59pm

I couldn't watch more than 5 minutes. How many times do Hitchens and Rushdie have to answer his question?

761 AKforty777  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:48:06pm

Wow I cant believe how stupid he is. "I dont believe the videos because I dont speak arabic.." What a retard.

762 AKforty777  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 7:49:53pm

Its about the only topic he has any knowledge on so he had to drop it into the discussion somehow. re: #174 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I'm still trying to figure out what Joanne Chesimard a.k.a. Assata Shakur has to do with the Taliban.

763 MrTunes  Sun, Mar 29, 2009 8:09:04pm

I'm a huge Mos Def fan; if any one here enjoys hip hop I highly recommend his CD "Black Star", made in conjunction with Talib Kweli.

That being said.....I was disappointed after watching this clip, but only for 30 seconds. Then I remembered that we should not look to entertainers for anything remotely resembling intelligent political analysis.

I love his music....but don't really care what he has to say about politics or other issues of domestic/global import.

764 Canoe Train  Tue, Mar 31, 2009 1:31:43pm

As I have typed in other threads, it is one thing to be silent and let the world think of you as an idiot, and quite another to open one's mouth and confirm the suspicions.

765 azul93gt  Tue, Mar 31, 2009 8:26:27pm

When Mos Def through out his 'question' it was his way of casting incredulity on the idea of the Taliban/Al Quaeda being the bad guys. Mos Def is so used to being around sicophantic lefty admirers and other like minded people that he only expected gratuitous over-flowing praise. He never thought that he would be called on his statement so he was taken aback and un-prepared to respond. No valid response exists anyway.

The same thing would happen to Obama if he were ever made to answer for some of his equally vacuous statements.


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