Artist Peter Funch creates mind-bending images by setting up his camera in one spot, shooting pictures for several days at a time, then using Photoshop to blend the separate photographs in thematic ways:
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lurking faith Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:20:21pm |
Cool.
But I can’t be the only one who looked at this photo and felt a sudden urge to yawn.
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Dr. Shalit Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:21:43pm |
Charles -
“Fauxtography or Art?” The viewer will have to make the call.
-S-
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:22:11pm |
Even my 4-year-old knows to cover his mouth when yawning!
That aside, that is a pretty cool composite.
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brookly red Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:22:48pm |
re: #8 Dr. Shalit
Charles -
“Fauxtography or Art?” The viewer will have to make the call.
-S-
the art of fauxtography… very cool.
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jcm Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:23:55pm |
re: #8 Dr. Shalit
Charles -
“Fauxtography or Art?” The viewer will have to make the call.
-S-
Art of Fauxtography
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:24:19pm |
The chick on the far right has practically dislocated her jaw not unlike the reptilian aliens in “V”.
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DEZes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:24:32pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:24:52pm |
I would never think to do that.
Clever humans are cool.
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Catttt Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:25:16pm |
I love that - especially the smoking one and the manila envelope one.
Men - scroll down to the short dresses and heels one. :D
And notice - typical American crowd compilation each time - melting pot.
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:25:35pm |
Very ingenious use of Photoshop and image elements. It’s as though he creates human landscapes with his Babel Tales series.
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DEZes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:25:41pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:26:21pm |
re: #19 Catttt
Noticed the “melting pot” also. I think this (U.S.) is a pretty cool place.
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itellu3times Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:26:35pm |
Interesting.
Disturbing.
Reminiscent of something or other, overcrowding and closeups as technique.
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jcm Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:26:56pm |
re: #17 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I would never think to do that.
Clever humans are cool.
I tried in photography class to capture a scene multiple times and erase people and vehicles. Pre PS days, in the dark room multiple exposures on paper and lots of burn and dodge.
Results were less than successful.
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MacGregor Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:27:00pm |
That is so cool. The tourists taking pictures is hysterical.
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DEZes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:27:41pm |
Well, I have enjoyed the time with you guys, but I must be on my way.
have a great one.
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jcm Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:28:04pm |
re: #27 DEZes
Well, I have enjoyed the time with you guys, but I must be on my way.
have a great one.
Take care!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:28:36pm |
This reminds me I was photographed today by the google street view van. I should have done something interesting. I wonder how long it will take for me to show up.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:28:46pm |
re: #19 Catttt
I love that - especially the smoking one and the manila envelope one.
Men - scroll down to the short dresses and heels one. :D
And notice - typical American crowd compilation each time - melting pot.
Yeah, the manila envelope one is really cool. I also like the one with everyone glancing out the side of their eyes.
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CyanSnowHawk Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:28:52pm |
re: #8 Dr. Shalit
Charles -
“Fauxtography or Art?” The viewer will have to make the call.
-S-
We can come up with a new catagory. Faurt.
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NonNativeTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:29:37pm |
re: #19 Catttt
I love the smoking one, reminds me of the good ole days
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alegrias Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:29:45pm |
These pictures give me September 11 flashbacks.
I can never forget.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:30:03pm |
re: #31 Killgore Trout
This reminds me I was photographed today by the google street view van. I should have done something interesting. I wonder how long it will take for me to show up.
Wow. That’s pretty cool. My neighbors across the street were photographed in their front yard pruning the bushes but, alas, I was not outside at the right time.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:30:20pm |
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brookly red Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:30:35pm |
re: #25 MacGregor
That is so cool. The tourists taking pictures is hysterical.
I am familiar with most of the locations & will look at them differently now except for that one… that is how I DO see tourists in times Sq.
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:32:25pm |
If every dog pees on the hydrant, to whom does it belong?
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brookly red Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:32:56pm |
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Gang of One Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:34:20pm |
Not long ago, Charles featured some photos that were taken with some kind of settings or settings the mimicked the human eye’s perception, taking the photo at different exposures, etc. These have that quality of lighting …
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:34:25pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:34:52pm |
There is not a single shot of overtly happy people? Laughing? Smiling?
None?
Makes me think of this line from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
“On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot….”
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:35:30pm |
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:36:05pm |
HA! CHARLES JOHNSON WAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN IN BY FAUXTOGRAPHY!
-R. Spencer
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alegrias Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:36:05pm |
re: #39 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Make sure you don’t.
* * * **
I won’t ever forget 9/11 or the way New York looked that day.
Just today I learned something today about Barbara Olson, a brave woman on board the plane that hit the Pentagon, who called her husband, Justice Dept. attorney Ted Olson, to alert him and to say goodbye.
Ms. Olson was on that 9/11 plane because she had delayed a trip to be home for her husband’s birthday.
I am campaigning for a woman candidate here in Virginia who arranged Ms. Olson’s Catholic funeral.
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brookly red Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:36:12pm |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:36:47pm |
re: #36 Sleepyone
I was pulling weeds. I should have started dancing.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:37:42pm |
re: #35 alegrias
These pictures give me September 11 flashbacks.
I can never forget.
I took so many digital photographs of lower Manhattan and midtown in the days following 9/11 (I lived on the Lower East Side at the time) and unfortunately my daughter accidentally erased my external hard drive (where the photos were stored) and they are lost. I had tons of photos of the event itself, the aftermath, walking around the neighborhood seeing crying people on the street. Photos of a completely empty lower Broadway and West Broadway below Houston. Photos of the hundreds of missing flyers that were plastered everywhere and images of memorials laid at the door of multiple firehouses. All lost.
I did keep the external hard drive and never used it again in the event I can find some place to retrieve the data. I tried everything I could think of on my own but couldn’t access it.
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:37:48pm |
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:38:06pm |
re: #44 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
On third thought, let’s strut over to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:39:15pm |
re: #50 Killgore Trout
I was pulling weeds. I should have started dancing.
I think I would have to flash the “moon” or something juvenile.
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gegenkritik Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:39:25pm |
Anyone saw Ju-on? This boy came to my mind when looking at the picture above.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:40:48pm |
The “Airplanes Over the Beach” one is hysterical…
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MacGregor Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:41:14pm |
re: #31 Killgore Trout
This reminds me I was photographed today by the google street view van. I should have done something interesting. I wonder how long it will take for me to show up.
I would have whipped it out and started dancing. The Ipod of course.
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:42:03pm |
re: #51 Sleepyone
I took so many digital photographs of lower Manhattan and midtown in the days following 9/11 (I lived on the Lower East Side at the time) and unfortunately my daughter accidentally erased my external hard drive (where the photos were stored) and they are lost. I had tons of photos of the event itself, the aftermath, walking around the neighborhood seeing crying people on the street. Photos of a completely empty lower Broadway and West Broadway below Houston. Photos of the hundreds of missing flyers that were plastered everywhere and images of memorials laid at the door of multiple firehouses. All lost.
I did keep the external hard drive and never used it again in the event I can find some place to retrieve the data. I tried everything I could think of on my own but couldn’t access it.
Unless it was securely erased, there are places that can recover quite a bit, if not all, but we’re talking a lot of money.
If it was just the directory info, it is easier, but pictures are hard to recover, because there is no easy way to tell which file block goes with which picture and where.
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brookly red Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:42:18pm |
re: #46 lincolntf
Is this a drinking thread yet?
hmmmm, guess it is time to hit the bars… good night all.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:42:55pm |
Reposted from last thread:
OT.
Earth Day doom-and-gloom got you down? Think the predictions are iron-clad? Take a look at what the “experts” were saying 39 years ago.
My absolute favorite: “Scientists have solid experimental and theoretical evidence to support…the following predictions: In a decade, urban dwellers will have to wear gas masks to survive air pollution…by 1985 air pollution will have reduced the amount of sunlight reaching earth by one half….”
• Life Magazine, January 1970
Don’t worry, be happy, and watch out for meteors! And stay away from the purple acid…
[Link courtesy of Medaura’s rockin’ husband.]
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:43:02pm |
Exercise them funny bones…….
Baracknophobia
Only now with the advent of Potato Day has tyranny come to our shores.
C’mon, it’s pretty funny. If you make it to the end there are some sage words of advice.
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:43:23pm |
re: #31 Killgore Trout
This reminds me I was photographed today by the google street view van. I should have done something interesting. I wonder how long it will take for me to show up.
I wonder how they edit what they photograph. Do they screen everything first or do they put it up and hope they don’t end up having pictures of prostitutes and drug deals show up.
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Catttt Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:43:39pm |
re: #34 NonNativeTexan
I love the smoking one, reminds me of the good ole days
Standing outside smoking is interesting. You meet people, hear good gossip and find out what’s going on outside your own little circle, and get a kind of sense of camaraderie and also a slight hint of anarchy by insisting on smoking, dammit.
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:44:16pm |
I can’t get up and grab the remote because of a rather endearing lap cat that I’m loath to disturb.
So, I’m being subjected to the local anchoress describing (I kid you not) how the international recession is effecting Elton John.
I see the world, and I chortle.
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:44:59pm |
re: #67 lincolntf
I can’t get up and grab the remote because of a rather endearing lap cat that I’m loath to disturb.
So, I’m being subjected to the local anchoress describing (I kid you not) how the international recession is effecting Elton John.I see the world, and I chortle.
Was there some particular reason they chose Elton John?
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:45:12pm |
re: #31 Killgore Trout
This reminds me I was photographed today by the google street view van. I should have done something interesting. I wonder how long it will take for me to show up.
How did you know it was the google street view van?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:45:30pm |
re: #64 livefreeor die
I wonder how they edit what they photograph. Do they screen everything first or do they put it up and hope they don’t end up having pictures of prostitutes and drug deals show up.
They don’t screen it at all, they just put it up. They catch all kinds of stuff, google van hits deer, google van hits bridge, a lot of it is pretty funny.
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The Other Les Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:45:33pm |
Diplomacy as usual.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:47:20pm |
re: #70 reine.de.tout
How did you know it was the google street view van?
It might have been Obama’s DHS security probe but it had a big “thing” on top of it with 4 cameras. Driving maybe 20 mph. I assumed google van but it might be something else.
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:47:23pm |
re: #69 livefreeor die
I have no idea.
It was almost surreal. They went from a local house fire to “Elton John has lost half of his net worth” in the bat of an eye.
It’s possible that he’s playing somewhere around here, but I didn’t hear it mentioned.
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:47:25pm |
re: #71 Killgore Trout
They don’t screen it at all, they just put it up. They catch all kinds of stuff, google van hits deer, google van hits bridge, a lot of it is pretty funny.
You could make a good scavenger hunt game out of that.
(Find a photo of an illegal activity, find a photo of someone dressed up as a mascot, etc.)
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CyanSnowHawk Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:47:28pm |
I love the discordant shadows in the pictures. In several of them you get some great shots with pretty good skew between the shadows.
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Catttt Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:48:07pm |
re: #67 lincolntf
I can’t get up and grab the remote because of a rather endearing lap cat that I’m loath to disturb.
So, I’m being subjected to the local anchoress describing (I kid you not) how the international recession is effecting Elton John.I see the world, and I chortle.
My domestic short is currently cussing at me under her breath, because I disturbed her. She decided to sleep on my ankles and was cutting off my circulation (she’s huge).
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:49:11pm |
re: #59 Kosh’s Shadow
Unless it was securely erased, there are places that can recover quite a bit, if not all, but we’re talking a lot of money.
If it was just the directory info, it is easier, but pictures are hard to recover, because there is no easy way to tell which file block goes with which picture and where.
Well, what she did was simply drag the external drive icon the trash and then select “empty” when prompted. At least that’s what I think happened. I wasn’t nearby when she did it. All I know is that when I tried to get into the external drive again it asked if I wanted to reformat since it wasn’t recognized. I never reformated but simply disconnected everything and hoped someday that I could access it.
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Pawn of the Oppressor Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:49:57pm |
There’s an Orthodox Jew in the background. Heh.
For some reason I got a kick out of the picture with mainly big guys wearing heavy jackets. I see the theme is “people looking up”, but I’d like to see some of his images based on class… City workers, fire, PD, blue collar guys, rich women with dogs, things like that… It seems like you could have endless fun with this approach.
If it’s based on random images, though, maybe themes present themselves.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:51:32pm |
re: #67 lincolntf
Was it one of Elton John’s houses that burned down?
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:51:34pm |
re: #71 Killgore Trout
They don’t screen it at all, they just put it up. They catch all kinds of stuff, google van hits deer, google van hits bridge, a lot of it is pretty funny.
There are lots of websites that post funny, weird, and even (gasp) nude images captured by Google.
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:51:44pm |
re: #74 lincolntf
I have no idea.
It was almost surreal. They went from a local house fire to “Elton John has lost half of his net worth” in the bat of an eye.
It’s possible that he’s playing somewhere around here, but I didn’t hear it mentioned.
Looks like he needs a bail out.
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MacGregor Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:54:21pm |
re: #38 brookly red
… that is how I DO see tourists in times Sq.
Lol, last time I was there around the holidays it was a madhouse.
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:54:33pm |
re: #80 Fenway_Nation
Good call.
Maybe he does have a house around here. I guess I’ll have to wait until the bimbette comes back and expands on the story.
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rain of lead Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:54:56pm |
I dunno….
I started looking at the pics and after the 3rd one the twilight zone
theme song started going through my head :0
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:55:13pm |
re: #71 Killgore Trout
They don’t screen it at all, they just put it up. They catch all kinds of stuff, google van hits deer, google van hits bridge, a lot of it is pretty funny.
If they don’t screen things, I’ve often wondered how they are able to blur the faces of people? I had assumed someone had to got through the images to apply the blur. Maybe there is a program that recognizes human faces and blurs them?
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:55:34pm |
re: #73 Killgore Trout
I’m assuming everyone has seen “The Googling”
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:56:06pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:56:20pm |
re: #78 Sleepyone
Well, what she did was simply drag the external drive icon the trash and then select “empty” when prompted. At least that’s what I think happened. I wasn’t nearby when she did it. All I know is that when I tried to get into the external drive again it asked if I wanted to reformat since it wasn’t recognized. I never reformated but simply disconnected everything and hoped someday that I could access it.
She had to do more for it to ask to be reformatted. If it was just dragged to the trash, that would delete everything on it.
I assume this is a PC, because that ejects an external drive on a Mac. (BTW, my Mac broke again one day after it was fixed. )
This might be as simple as the volume data being lost, but the rest of the data (including directory structure) is intact, or the directory data could have been erased. It is possible more damage was done, but my guess is the partition was deleted, which only really deletes the partition from the partition table. Do NOT reformat it; I think the data might be recoverable by rebuilding the partition table.
There are people who can do this. Make sure they make an image of the disk first; a block-by-block copy that preserves everything on the original. Then, they can work on the copy.
It probably isn’t ridiculously expensive to diagnose this; they could tell you if it is an easy recovery or a hard one, but my guess tends towards the easy side.
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Vicious Babushka Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:56:37pm |
re: #73 Killgore Trout
It might have been Obama’s DHS security probe but it had a big “thing” on top of it with 4 cameras. Driving maybe 20 mph. I assumed google van but it might be something else.
Villagers attack Google view van with torches and pitchforks
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:57:23pm |
re: #78 Sleepyone
Well, what she did was simply drag the external drive icon the trash and then select “empty” when prompted. At least that’s what I think happened. I wasn’t nearby when she did it. All I know is that when I tried to get into the external drive again it asked if I wanted to reformat since it wasn’t recognized. I never reformated but simply disconnected everything and hoped someday that I could access it.
I forgot to add that it was a Mac and not a PC. I don’t know if that matters or not with respect to retrieving the data.
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:57:29pm |
re: #89 Fenway_Nation
I have no choice. The cat owns the lap, and the lap dictates my movement. It’s a pickle, I tell ya’, a real pickle…
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 7:57:41pm |
re: #81 Sleepyone
There are lots of websites that post funny, weird, and even (gasp) nude images captured by Google.
My house is in Google street view, but if you search by address, you won’t find it; Google thinks it is 1/2 mile or so further north.
They did blur out the number on my car’s license plate.
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SummerSong Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:00:57pm |
I’m wishing the cab hoods had been opened…they would have been yawning, too.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:02:12pm |
Wow! I really enjoyed the artists other pictures too! The planes in the sky over the beach, was funny.
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:02:13pm |
I just looked up our first house that the hubby and I painted 17 years ago. From the looks of it, it still hasn’t been repainted. I loved that house. I knew the new owners wouldn’t take care of it.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:03:22pm |
re: #90 Kosh’s Shadow
She had to do more for it to ask to be reformatted. If it was just dragged to the trash, that would delete everything on it.
I assume this is a PC, because that ejects an external drive on a Mac. (BTW, my Mac broke again one day after it was fixed. )
This might be as simple as the volume data being lost, but the rest of the data (including directory structure) is intact, or the directory data could have been erased. It is possible more damage was done, but my guess is the partition was deleted, which only really deletes the partition from the partition table. Do NOT reformat it; I think the data might be recoverable by rebuilding the partition table.
There are people who can do this. Make sure they make an image of the disk first; a block-by-block copy that preserves everything on the original. Then, they can work on the copy.
It probably isn’t ridiculously expensive to diagnose this; they could tell you if it is an easy recovery or a hard one, but my guess tends towards the easy side.
Great info Kosh’s Shadow. Thanks.
It was a Mac. And you’re right about ejecting a drive when dragging to the trash. That is what happens when I drag my current external drive icon the trash. It just ejects.
I really do not know what she did. I got on my computer after she had used it and noticed my external hard drive icon was not on the desktop. The drive was turned on and connected so I restarted the computer but when I tried to access the external I got the message that it was not formatted and “would you like to format” type of question. I may be missing a few details since it was a while ago.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:04:02pm |
re: #97 livefreeor die
I just looked up our first house that the hubby and I painted 17 years ago. From the looks of it, it still hasn’t been repainted. I loved that house. I knew the new owners wouldn’t take care of it.
Maybe they loved the color!
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:04:14pm |
re: #92 Sleepyone
I forgot to add that it was a Mac and not a PC. I don’t know if that matters or not with respect to retrieving the data.
OK. Again, I think this only erased the partition from the partition table, and didn’t erase the data.
(A disk has a table that tells where each partion is and how big it is. Then somewhere, is information on each partition. I think this just erased the entry in the partition table, but that’s it.
You could start with the “genius bar” of your local Apple store, actually.
Get them to image the drive first, if they have the right software.
You never know; they could make it worse like my Macbook pro that they had last week, and replaced the optical drive and some other parts, and then, the next day, it died (no light on the screen; no display on an external monitor; but it does make some noises indicating it is doing something)
(I’m going to keep bringing this up because that machine is a lemon. Maybe they’ll replace it, after replacing the optical drive twice, the battery once, the keybard once, and the screen once, and whatever is wrong with it now)
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:05:04pm |
I bet the people who drive the Google van get mooned about 100 times a day.
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:06:30pm |
re: #101 Mich-again
I bet the people who drive the Google van get mooned about 100 times a day.
proctogoogology…
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:06:51pm |
re: #99 Sleepyone
Maybe they loved the color!
I guess they’re going for that shabby chic thing! I hope they like the color underneath the paint we put on because they’re going to be looking at that soon from the looks of it.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:07:40pm |
re: #78 Sleepyone
Watch for Hoosier Hoops, he might be able to help! He’s generous that way.
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livefreeor die Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:07:41pm |
re: #101 Mich-again
I bet the people who drive the Google van get mooned about 100 times a day.
Instead of “Where’s Waldo”, it’s “Where’s Waldo’s tush”
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SummerSong Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:07:49pm |
Google captured a street view of my house and our pool guy is in the pic. I’ve actually had a few friends call and say, “what happened to Mr. SummerSong…he looks so different?”. Add 30 lbs, shrink 6 inches and change nationalities…Yeah, it’s not him, Sherlock.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:10:08pm |
re: #63 Killgore Trout
Exercise them funny bones…….
BaracknophobiaC’mon, it’s pretty funny. If you make it to the end there are some sage words of advice.
Hilarious, and mega-upding-worthy.
“See, when the guys you disagree with win an election, they’re pretty likely to do things you disagree with.”
Chortle.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:11:27pm |
re: #73 Killgore Trout
It might have been Obama’s DHS security probe but it had a big “thing” on top of it with 4 cameras. Driving maybe 20 mph. I assumed google van but it might be something else.
I thought perhaps it had some sort of logo on it.
No logo - I think I would go with it being Obama’s DHS security probe, as you said.
/
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:12:02pm |
Interesting pics. Reminds me of Borges idea of accidental brotherhoods, eg the brotherhood of all those people who are at this moment picking their nose (you know who you are).
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HelloDare Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:12:06pm |
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:12:55pm |
Now that some have mentioned tecchie stuff:
Today, my iPhone has suddenly developed an inability to recognize when I want the audio in regular “phone” mode…. that is, I don’t get any audio if I just hold it up to my ear. It thinks the earbud/microphone is plugged in, even though it’s not. It works fine on speakerphone or with a bluetooth headset. But just won’t work as a regular “phone” setup. I’ve switched it off and on… switched airplane mode off and on… resynched with my Mac. Nothing works.
Any thoughts?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:13:02pm |
re: #108 reine.de.tout
I thought perhaps it had some sort of logo on it.
No logo - I think I would go with it being Obama’s DHS security probe, as you said.
/
Oh, no. Not the probe!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:13:05pm |
re: #107 Cato the Elder
A lot of our more partisan Lizards are a little angry with me these days so I didn’t expect it to be a big hit. I don’t always agree with Stewart but he is very funny. I this case I think he’s spot on.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:13:44pm |
re: #100 Kosh’s Shadow
OK. Again, I think this only erased the partition from the partition table, and didn’t erase the data.
(A disk has a table that tells where each partion is and how big it is. Then somewhere, is information on each partition. I think this just erased the entry in the partition table, but that’s it.You could start with the “genius bar” of your local Apple store, actually.
Get them to image the drive first, if they have the right software.
You never know; they could make it worse like my Macbook pro that they had last week, and replaced the optical drive and some other parts, and then, the next day, it died (no light on the screen; no display on an external monitor; but it does make some noises indicating it is doing something)
(I’m going to keep bringing this up because that machine is a lemon. Maybe they’ll replace it, after replacing the optical drive twice, the battery once, the keybard once, and the screen once, and whatever is wrong with it now)
Thanks K.S. We finally have an Apple store here in Maine so maybe I’ll take the drive in. I thought I could only take Macs to the Apple store and since the external drive is a third party product it never occurred to me to let Apple look at it. I really would love to get those photos back.
Incidentally, my daughter who accidentally erased the files was nearly 1 year old on 9/11 and there are dozens of photos of her immediately following 9/11 in her stroller at Union Square, Washington Square, SoHo, Lower East Side, Canal Street, in front of the “missing” fliers, firehouses, etc. I would think she would like to have those photos when she grows up.
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:14:12pm |
re: #63 Killgore Trout
Exercise them funny bones…….
BaracknophobiaC’mon, it’s pretty funny. If you make it to the end there are some sage words of advice.
LOL
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:14:12pm |
re: #109 Jimmah
Interesting pics. Reminds me of Borges idea of accidental brotherhoods, eg the brotherhood of all those people who are at this moment picking their nose (you know who you are).
I’ve read a decent amount of Borges, but don’t recall that. Which story/essay?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:14:57pm |
re: #108 reine.de.tout
Here’s what they look like….
Google Earth Streetview Camera Car— Rare Pix
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:15:41pm |
re: #111 Occasional Reader
Now that some have mentioned tecchie stuff:
Today, my iPhone has suddenly developed an inability to recognize when I want the audio in regular “phone” mode…. that is, I don’t get any audio if I just hold it up to my ear. It thinks the earbud/microphone is plugged in, even though it’s not. It works fine on speakerphone or with a bluetooth headset. But just won’t work as a regular “phone” setup. I’ve switched it off and on… switched airplane mode off and on… resynched with my Mac. Nothing works.
Any thoughts?
Did you just switch it on and off, or did you try a reset?
It’s perfectly safe to do one. Hold down both the on-off and home buttons for six seconds or until the Apple logo appears. Ignore the “slide to turn off” or whatever it says message and just wait for the Apple.
The phone will reset (takes a little while) and your problem might disappear. I was having problems with screen sensitivity and that fixed it.
Do it now and tell me what happens.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:16:21pm |
re: #104 Floral Giraffe
Watch for Hoosier Hoops, he might be able to help! He’s generous that way.
Thanks for the tip Floral Giraffe. I’ll keep an eye our for HH.
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:17:13pm |
re: #114 Sleepyone
Thanks K.S. We finally have an Apple store here in Maine so maybe I’ll take the drive in. I thought I could only take Macs to the Apple store and since the external drive is a third party product it never occurred to me to let Apple look at it. I really would love to get those photos back.
Incidentally, my daughter who accidentally erased the files was nearly 1 year old on 9/11 and there are dozens of photos of her immediately following 9/11 in her stroller at Union Square, Washington Square, SoHo, Lower East Side, Canal Street, in front of the “missing” fliers, firehouses, etc. I would think she would like to have those photos when she grows up.
I’ve seen people with external drives. If they can’t do it, they might know someplace that can.
As for mine, good thing it is only 10 minutes from work, and I can get lunch when I bring it.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:17:33pm |
re: #117 Killgore Trout
Proof that Obama’s DHS got to work even before the election.
(Back in the 80s when I studied in the UK, I was SURE my British friends were shitting me when they told me about the BBC vans that drive around with detection equipment to check who’s “illegally” watching t.v. (that is, without paying the BBC licensing fee); but they really exist!)
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:17:34pm |
re: #116 Occasional Reader
I’ve read a decent amount of Borges, but don’t recall that. Which story/essay?
Can’t remember. My g/f got me a huge book that’s got practically everything he wrote in it. Might be one of his earlier stories. (The nose picking bit was just my example btw - don’t bother with any searches on Borges+nose picking)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:18:24pm |
re: #108 reine.de.tout
I’m thinking I’m going to add my new indoor aeroponics to the gardening thingy I’m witting up for the next cookbook. I was just going to post it all here in the comments one day but I’ll hold off and maybe it will entice a few extra people to buy the book. Maybe I’ll post some pics to show the results but I’ll leave the methods as a cookbook exclusive if you decide to include the chapter.
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:18:40pm |
re: #118 Cato the Elder
Did you just switch it on and off, or did you try a reset?
It’s perfectly safe to do one. Hold down both the on-off and home buttons for six seconds or until the Apple logo appears. Ignore the “slide to turn off” or whatever it says message and just wait for the Apple.
The phone will reset (takes a little while) and your problem might disappear. I was having problems with screen sensitivity and that fixed it.
Do it now and tell me what happens.
When I was at the store they were telling a woman to do that for something; I think the display was off completely. It fixed it. She wished she had known about this because it was a 20 minute drive.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:19:25pm |
re: #121 Occasional Reader
I’m surprised the Brits get so pissed off at the google vans. They have cameras all over the damn country. What’s a few more?
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MacGregor Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:19:35pm |
re: #113 Killgore Trout
A lot of our more partisan Lizards are a little angry with me these days so I didn’t expect it to be a big hit. I don’t always agree with Stewart but he is very funny. I this case I think he’s spot on.
I think there are lots of zealous partisans here, you and me included. I know you’re one of the good guys and we share a few things in common.
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:19:46pm |
I was out all day and didn’t get to veg out on the couch watching the NFL draft so I’m just reading about it now.. I see my Lions used their first pick on the guy who had “Ford” in his name. Not surprised there. I can already see the marketing campaign, something about StafFORD FIELD.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:20:00pm |
re: #73 Killgore Trout
It might have been Obama’s DHS security probe but it had a big “thing” on top of it with 4 cameras. Driving maybe 20 mph. I assumed google van but it might be something else.
Yeah, those are handheld.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:20:38pm |
re: #117 Killgore Trout
Here’s what they look like….
Google Earth Streetview Camera Car— Rare Pix
[Video]
OK!
My house has a “street view”, although they’re off a little on the address.
But I can find it.
From the vehicles that are in the driveway, and the fact that my tree hasn’t yet been knocked down, I know they came sometime between May 08 and when Gustave hit us in Sept 08. But I don’t recall ever seeing the vehicle.
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CyanSnowHawk Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:21:10pm |
re: #110 HelloDare
“If you read that Miss California is murdered you will know it was me”
The plan to shift the outrage off the beauty queen and on to some ugly white git is progressing as planned.
//
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:21:23pm |
re: #116 Occasional Reader
I’ve read a decent amount of Borges, but don’t recall that. Which story/essay?
I have it now - it’s a story called “the Congress”.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:21:38pm |
re: #123 Killgore Trout
I’m thinking I’m going to add my new indoor aeroponics to the gardening thingy I’m witting up for the next cookbook. I was just going to post it all here in the comments one day but I’ll hold off and maybe it will entice a few extra people to buy the book. Maybe I’ll post some pics to show the results but I’ll leave the methods as a cookbook exclusive if you decide to include the chapter.
Yes, we’re going to have a “gardening” chapter.
Please let it be a cookbook “exclusive”, at least until a few copies have sold!
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:21:46pm |
re: #123 Killgore Trout
I’m thinking I’m going to add my new indoor aeroponics to the gardening thingy I’m witting up for the next cookbook. I was just going to post it all here in the comments one day but I’ll hold off and maybe it will entice a few extra people to buy the book. Maybe I’ll post some pics to show the results but I’ll leave the methods as a cookbook exclusive if you decide to include the chapter.
Okay. I’ve seen some comments here and there over the past few months about a cookbook. Is there really a published cookbook of recipes from LGFers? Forgive my ignorance on this subject but my curiosity is piqued.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:22:36pm |
re: #128 Mich-again
I was out all day and didn’t get to veg out on the couch watching the NFL draft so I’m just reading about it now.. I see my Lions used their first pick on the guy who had “Ford” in his name. Not surprised there. I can already see the marketing campaign, something about StafFORD FIELD.
growing up in MI I can sympathize with Lions fans…I hope he does well for all the money he will cost the team…great fans and a great field
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The Sanity Inspector Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:22:48pm |
Not entirely OT, plus I’m too antsy to wait for the open thread:
I got a new scanner, and so have started posting again to my blog devoted to vintage book illustrations. Only except the most recent ones are postcards.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:23:08pm |
re: #136 Sleepyone
Okay. I’ve seen some comments here and there over the past few months about a cookbook. Is there really a published cookbook of recipes from LGFers? Forgive my ignorance on this subject but my curiosity is piqued.
Click my nic to purchase Volume 1 (there’s a link at the blog)
And read the blog if you want to contribute to Vol 2!
Easy as pie.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:24:02pm |
re: #129 Sharmuta
You’re running more photoshop, Charles? ;)
hee-hee.
that’s sort of what I thought, too.
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:24:20pm |
re: #126 Killgore Trout
I’m surprised the Brits get so pissed off at the google vans. They have cameras all over the damn country. What’s a few more?
I can tell you - it’s a bit of small-minded ‘territorialism’ plus the fact that they just like something to bitch about. And - it’s seen as “American”.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:24:21pm |
re: #139 reine.de.tout
Click my nic to purchase Volume 1 (there’s a link at the blog)
And read the blog if you want to contribute to Vol 2!
Easy as pie.
DO WHAT SHE SAYS, OR I WILL HAVE TO YELL MORE!
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:24:43pm |
re: #126 Killgore Trout
I’m surprised the Brits get so pissed off at the google vans. They have cameras all over the damn country. What’s a few more?
That’s true. I recently designed the cover of a book by a British author about his experience with surveillance cameras. Drudge always has something about the eye in the sky in England (and other places).
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:24:58pm |
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:25:27pm |
re: #107 Cato the Elder
Sadly, the possibility exists that disagreeing with “The Winner” will become utterly forbidden.
Principles matter, Parties and tit-for-tat politics don’t.
Just once I’d like to hear a Leftist actually defend Leftism without curling up in the corner and crying “Nazi”.
Anyone who supports Obama has to (intellectually, if not publicly) understand that for every “responsibility” Barry claims the Gov’t will take on, a right will be lost.
That’s the major vein of dishonesty that runs through all Leftists, actually. They say that they’ll take the responsibility for something (health care, global warming/cooling, education, etc.) and never, ever point out the inextricable link between rights and responsibilities.
Screw ‘em all. Liberals are a fact of life, just like small pox or shark attacks. Gotta deal with ‘em even if you don’t want to, and it will probably do no good in the long run.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:26:03pm |
I hate it when my iPhone misbehaves. It feels like… a personal betrayal.
My precioussss
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:26:07pm |
re: #137 albusteve
The odds are in the Lions’ favor that their record will improve next season.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:26:30pm |
re: #139 reine.de.tout
Click my nic to purchase Volume 1 (there’s a link at the blog)
And read the blog if you want to contribute to Vol 2!
Easy as pie.
Thanks for the info. I’ll click on our nic but in the meantime, who is the publisher? I only ask since I’ve been in publishing for about 18 years and I’m curious.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:26:59pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:27:29pm |
re: #150 Sleepyone
Thanks for the info. I’ll click on our nic but in the meantime, who is the publisher? I only ask since I’ve been in publishing for about 18 years and I’m curious.
I guess it’s considered to be self-published - it’s thru lulu.com
The books are not printed until they are ordered.
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:27:37pm |
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:27:48pm |
Sheesh, a passing thunderstorm, and suddenly everyone’s too lazy to go out and play tonight. What wimps I have as friends. Wife is out of town. iPhone betraying me. So I have LGF, and good beer.
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NY Nana Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:27:59pm |
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BlueCanuck Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:28:07pm |
re: #148 Occasional Reader
I see everything is starting to come down to the MS level.
/*ducks and covers runs for the door*……..
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:28:08pm |
re: #147 lincolntf
Sadly, the possibility exists that disagreeing with “The Winner” will become utterly forbidden.
Piffle. If that happens, I’ll eat a faux-tricorne hat fresh off of a Ron Paul supporter’s sweaty, unwashed brow.
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:28:25pm |
re: #147 lincolntf
There was a panel of WSJ guys on FNC this evening. The law of unintended consequences came up. The frothing left want to investigate the ‘torture’ crap. Well, every donk on the intel and military committees was briefed in and they all signed off on it. I really hope this jumps up and grabs the ones admin by the throat.
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:28:38pm |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:28:54pm |
re: #138 The Sanity Inspector
Cool stuff.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:29:11pm |
re: #154 Occasional Reader
Sheesh, a passing thunderstorm, and suddenly everyone’s too lazy to go out and play tonight. What wimps I have as friends. Wife is out of town. iPhone betraying me. So I have LGF, and good beer.
And life is good.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:29:29pm |
re: #154 Occasional Reader
Sheesh, a passing thunderstorm, and suddenly everyone’s too lazy to go out and play tonight. What wimps I have as friends. Wife is out of town. iPhone betraying me. So I have LGF, and good beer.
I see how you are. We’re not good enough for you, so you have to go get friends in the real world. Talk about betrayal. *sniff*
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:30:37pm |
re: #149 Mich-again
The odds are in the Lions’ favor that their record will improve next season.
Dunno about that; how’s their ‘chartered airplane maintenance budget’ holding up? Do they have trained chefs? Did they pay the security company’s bill?
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Honorary Yooper Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:30:43pm |
re: #149 Mich-again
The odds are in the Lions’ favor that their record will improve next season.
It’s hard not to improve on 0 and 16, but it can be done.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:31:21pm |
re: #162 Sharmuta
I see how you are. We’re not good enough for you, so you have to go get friends in the real world. Talk about betrayal. *sniff*
You guys are okay, I guess… but you’re no iPhone, I’ll tell you that much.
(clutching iPhone closer to booze-um)
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:31:28pm |
re: #164 Honorary Yooper
It’s hard not to improve on 0 and 16, but it can be done.
Fine. Let’s see ‘em go 0 and 17. In the same season. In NFL football.
/
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:31:42pm |
re: #152 reine.de.tout
I guess it’s considered to be self-published - it’s thru lulu.com
The books are not printed until they are ordered.
I see. So you’re doing print-on-demand. Is it working out pretty well?
I have some major publishing clients that have been shifting some output to P.O.D. The only issue I have from a designer’s point of view is that the digital prints of the covers never match my original Pantone or process color selections.
And P.S. do you have a cover design? If not, I just may be interested in suppling something for you pro bono.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:32:04pm |
re: #138 The Sanity Inspector
Not entirely OT, plus I’m too antsy to wait for the open thread:
I got a new scanner, and so have started posting again to my blog devoted to vintage book illustrations. Only except the most recent ones are postcards.
Wow!
I didn’t know there was an interest in those things.
I’ll need to check my old books.
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:32:13pm |
re: #164 Honorary Yooper
It’s hard not to improve on 0 and 16, but it can be done.
There is no empirical evidence to support your theory.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:32:49pm |
re: #166 OldLineTexan
Fine. Let’s see ‘em go 0 and 17. In the same season. In NFL football.
/
Forget the slash! Oh-and-seventeen baby!
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Honorary Yooper Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:32:52pm |
re: #169 Mich-again
There is no empirical evidence to support your theory.
It’s the Lions. Anything remarkably crappy can and will happen.
Go Wings!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:33:25pm |
Bull Market….
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:33:41pm |
re: #140 Occasional Reader
No joy. I repeat, no joy.
Damn.
How old is your phone? Try calling AppleCare:[no phone numbers allowed]. I’ve had nothing but good experiences with those guys. They were on the phone with me for an hour and a half once to solve an intractable problem involving FileVault (hint: if you run a Mac computer, and you’re not a CIA agent, NEVER turn on FileVault) and Leopard.
If it’s within the one-year warranty and needs replacing, they’ll do it. A regular sync before you send it back (or take it to the Apple Store) and another when you get the new phone and you’re done.
But they may have a trick or two they can tell you about on the phone.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:33:45pm |
Well of course everyone’s talking about the Lions (this late in the thread and O.R.’s loneliness included) but how ‘bout them GIANTS?!?!
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:34:22pm |
re: #157 Cato the Elder
It’s all baby steps. I believe that certain speech is already de facto illegal.
Not counting porn, fire in a theater, threats, all that stuff.
Even that chick in the Miss USA pageant felt the sting of the PC whip. What becomes “normal” in society will eventually become law.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:34:37pm |
re: #174 realwest
Well of course everyone’s talking about the Lions (this late in the thread and O.R.’s loneliness included) but how ‘bout them GIANTS?!?!
sling and a rock per giant
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:34:54pm |
re: #169 Mich-again
There is no empirical evidence to support your theory.
Admittedly it’d be a little surreal, but suppose their plane pulled a Marshall and went down in flames?
/NTTAWWT
//Oh wait…
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:35:14pm |
re: #174 realwest
Well of course everyone’s talking about the Lions (this late in the thread and O.R.’s loneliness included) but how ‘bout them GIANTS?!?!
All I can say to that is “how about them Red Sox!”
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:35:55pm |
re: #174 realwest
Well of course everyone’s talking about the Lions (this late in the thread and O.R.’s loneliness included) but how ‘bout them GIANTS?!?!
I hate them…with a passion
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:36:28pm |
re: #176 OldLineTexan
Sigh. We pick up a big Wide Receiver, a really fine OL, and a remarkable pick at LEFT OT and you want to talk about slings and rocks!
Well, coulda been worse, coulda been slings and arrows I reckon!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:36:53pm |
re: #167 Sleepyone
I see. So you’re doing print-on-demand. Is it working out pretty well?
I have some major publishing clients that have been shifting some output to P.O.D. The only issue I have from a designer’s point of view is that the digital prints of the covers never match my original Pantone or process color selections.
And P.S. do you have a cover design? If not, I just may be interested in suppling something for you pro bono.
Sleepyone - the print-on-demand seems to be working well.
There were a couple of errors in the first few books printed, and so once they were pointed out, we corrected them. I mean, the entire effort was amateur volunteers, and we learned a lot during the process, I believe. I happen to be very happy with my collectible error copy.
You need to check it out. Here is an image of the cover, which was produced by Jaunte. The back cover was produced by Flak Music. The book cover is very very nice.
The inside pages are just OK - partly due to our amateur standing, and partly due to the quality not being what one would get with a regular book. But it’s acceptable.
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Fenway_Nation Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:36:54pm |
re: #178 Sleepyone
They looked like shit and the Yankees still couldn’t beat ‘em….
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:37:02pm |
re: #173 Cato the Elder
How old is your phone?
1st Gen iPhone, purchased August 2007. I think it’s off warranty now. Bleah.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:37:29pm |
re: #178 Sleepyone
All I can say to that is “how about them Red Sox!”
If you wash the Red Sox with the White Sox … do you get the SF Giants?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:37:39pm |
re: #181 realwest
Sigh. We pick up a big Wide Receiver, a really fine OL, and a remarkable pick at LEFT OT and you want to talk about slings and rocks!
Well, coulda been worse, coulda been slings and arrows I reckon!
does your new wideout understand the safety?
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:37:46pm |
re: #183 Fenway_Nation
They looked like shit and the Yankees still couldn’t beat ‘em….
At least they won!
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:38:02pm |
re: #181 realwest
Sigh. We pick up a big Wide Receiver, a really fine OL, and a remarkable pick at LEFT OT and you want to talk about slings and rocks!
Well, coulda been worse, coulda been slings and arrows I reckon!
the outrageous fortune is always the worst
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:38:03pm |
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:38:28pm |
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:38:30pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:38:43pm |
re: #149 Mich-again
The odds are in the Lions’ favor that their record will improve next season.
As long as they lose both of the their games against the Bears, I do hope they improve. Of course, the Bears should win the NFC North this year. With our new quarterback, our offense is better than its been in the last twenty years.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:38:58pm |
re: #186 OldLineTexan
If you wash the Red Sox with the White Sox … do you get the SF Giants?
Naah, you’re thinking of the Mariners.
And the Giant’s fannies…
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:39:02pm |
re: #175 lincolntf
It’s all baby steps. I believe that certain speech is already de facto illegal.
Not counting porn, fire in a theater, threats, all that stuff.
Even that chick in the Miss USA pageant felt the sting of the PC whip. What becomes “normal” in society will eventually become law.
This is America. Get a grip.
We’ve had bad - awful - administrations from both the right and the left. We’re still standing.
Full disclosure: I voted for Obama. Am I happy with everything? No. Do I regret not having the Geriatric Maverick and the Wolf Lady in DC? No.
Wait and see.
And by the way I don’t watch TV anymore, so I don’t know what the heck happened to the Miss USA chick…
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:39:15pm |
re: #190 Sleepyone
Was it really seven?
three pitchers, four mugs (one frosted)
it was a hell of a fight … I stood like this … but not for long
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:39:54pm |
re: #190 Sleepyone
6 for sure. And I think they may have had a change in the 8th which would make 7. Stat they showed, yanks bullpen, 2 games, 276 pitches. That is not good!
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:40:11pm |
My favorite picture of the bunch was the one where everyone was walking their dog(s).
As for the idea of filming one location for an extended period of time and then photoshopping images that show a common theme, I have to say that is pure genius. I cracked up at all those pictures.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:40:16pm |
re: #196 OldLineTexan
three pitchers, four mugs (one frosted)
it was a hell of a fight … I stood like this … but not for long
But entertaining, no?
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:40:21pm |
re: #192 albusteve
COWBOYS?!? GACK! How can you seriously root for…..nevermind.
Hey, who’s the head coach of the Cowboys now?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:40:49pm |
re: #184 Occasional Reader
1st Gen iPhone, purchased August 2007. I think it’s off warranty now. Bleah.
Well, dude, if they can’t fix it for a decent price, check out ATT’s refurbished offers on the 3G. Got mine (8 gig model) for 99 clams. So far nothing but unicorns and rainbows. ;^)
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:41:02pm |
re: #194 PSGInfinity
Umm…dont’ look now Ms 9 Angels 4. If Ms win it’s a 4 game lead.
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:41:15pm |
re: #198 pingjockey
6 for sure. And I think they may have had a change in the 8th which would make 7. Stat they showed, yanks bullpen, 2 games, 276 pitches. That is not good!
Yeah, there were a lot of pitches for sure.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:41:23pm |
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Honorary Yooper Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:41:44pm |
re: #192 albusteve
Cowboys…
Patriots, Jets, and Giants.
I’d rather see the Packers win before that. :-P
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:41:59pm |
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:42:11pm |
When I was a kid in Texas, I had a rubber Pittsburgh Pirates baseball. Loved ‘em, for no other reason. I feel my childhood coming back. Go Pirates!
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:42:36pm |
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:42:37pm |
re: #195 Cato the Elder
Hi Cato! Hey, have you always been a socialist or is that something new?
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:42:44pm |
re: #203 Cato the Elder
Well, dude, if they can’t fix it for a decent price, check out ATT’s refurbished offers on the 3G. Got mine (8 gig model) for 99 clams. So far nothing but unicorns and rainbows. ;^)
I was actually thinking about that anyway, once I heard about the 99 bucks offer. Might be worth it, just for the GPS and 3G.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:43:07pm |
re: #207 Honorary Yooper
Patriots, Jets, and Giants.
I’d rather see the Packers win before that. :-P
Don’t say that around Chicago, the results can be less than nice. Some our Bears fans are quite rabid.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:43:14pm |
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:43:24pm |
re: #202 realwest
COWBOYS?!? GACK! How can you seriously root for…..nevermind.
Hey, who’s the head coach of the Cowboys now?
Tom Landry is the once and future coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
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Randall Gross Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:43:27pm |
Well I am having all kinds of problems tonight. Just LGF is running slow for me, everything else is fine. I reloaded FF from scratch, still slow, windows firewall off, virus scanner off, still slow…
Anyone else experiencing 20 seconds to a minute after hitting new comments, or is it just me?
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:43:30pm |
At the Dallas Cowboy’s draft combine they measure grouping at 50 meters.
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CyanSnowHawk Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:44:04pm |
Kragar and I were watching the Red Sox beat up on the Yankees at the meetup he set up for today. Saw the Sox overtake the Yanks in the 5th.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:44:07pm |
re: #212 Occasional Reader
I was actually thinking about that anyway, once I heard about the 99 bucks offer. Might be worth it, just for the GPS and 3G.
I’ve enjoyed my 3G, and I’m REALLY looking forward to firmware 3.03 (or so)!
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:44:10pm |
re: #213 Dark_Falcon
Don’t say that around Chicago, the results can be less than nice. Some our Bears fans are quite rabid.
tell me about it…been there
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:44:24pm |
re: #210 PSGInfinity
Yep. I don’t know when or if the Angels will get Vlad G. back. TORE a muscle, that will take a while to heal. Plus they had the tragedy of losing that young pitcher.
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Honorary Yooper Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:44:24pm |
re: #213 Dark_Falcon
Don’t say that around Chicago, the results can be less than nice. Some our Bears fans are quite rabid.
Hey, as long as the Lions can beat both the Packers and the Bears, all is better in the world.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:44:43pm |
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:45:08pm |
re: #214 albusteve
Wade in the Shade Phillips. Huh, well ya know, if he went on a diet, he would’t always be in the shade!
Just kidding - is he Bum Phillips son?
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:45:21pm |
Full disclosure: I am almost entirely indifferent to the NFL.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:45:44pm |
re: #224 realwest
Wade in the Shade Phillips. Huh, well ya know, if he went on a diet, he would’t always be in the shade!
Just kidding - is he Bum Phillips son?
yes….but coaching does not seem to run in the family
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:45:49pm |
re: #224 realwest
Yes. And he isn’t half the coach his old man was.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:45:50pm |
re: #222 Honorary Yooper
Hey, as long as the Lions can beat both the Packers and the Bears, all is better in the world.
Dream on. The Bears will crush the Lions and smack the Pack on their way to a NFC Championship.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:46:05pm |
re: #217 Mich-again
At the Dallas Cowboy’s draft combine they measure grouping at 50 meters.
Groping? Grouping? What in tarnation are those Dallas pansies up to now?!?!
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Capitalistincharge Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:46:17pm |
Um Cato…I wouldn’t admit that in front of Mandy.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:46:25pm |
re: #223 Occasional Reader
Feeling any buyer’s remorse?
I have enough for an entire Chicago district (living and otherwise).
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:46:25pm |
re: #225 Occasional Reader
Full disclosure: I am almost entirely indifferent to the NFL.
like most folks up in DC
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:46:32pm |
re: #225 Occasional Reader
What?! Are you some kinda alien fruitcake? :)
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Honorary Yooper Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:46:37pm |
re: #225 Occasional Reader
Full disclosure: I am almost entirely indifferent to the NFL.
I’m almost. The Lions did that to me. Now the NHL on the other hand…
Let’s make that 12 Stanley Cups this year, please. :-)
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:46:48pm |
re: #195 Cato the Elder
If I had told you 6 months ago that Obama would take over GM and publicly fire the CEO, you would probably have called me a paranoid right-winger.
I might have agreed.
Sadly, we’re all down this rabbit hole together, and denying the fundamental changes that Barry wants to make in our system of Government isn’t gonna do anyone any good.
You voted for him, so I assume you read both of his books. What in them makes you feel like I’m wrong?
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acwgusa Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:47:01pm |
Charles, is there any way to order these pictures as full size prints? I would love to have a couple to hang on the wall.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:47:08pm |
OT but inspiring:
Soldier Disfigured in Blast Aims for Physical Recovery, Return to Army
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reine.de.tout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:47:30pm |
re: #216 Thanos
Well I am having all kinds of problems tonight. Just LGF is running slow for me, everything else is fine. I reloaded FF from scratch, still slow, windows firewall off, virus scanner off, still slow…
Anyone else experiencing 20 seconds to a minute after hitting new comments, or is it just me?
It’s a plot directed only at you.
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jcm Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:47:39pm |
re: #225 Occasional Reader
Full disclosure: I am almost entirely indifferent to the NFL.
Ah-hah! A jihadi infiltrator!
/;-P
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:47:39pm |
re: #232 albusteve
like most folks up in DC
You’re kidding, right?
Redskins, blah blah Redskins blah blah, Redskins… I DON’T CARE!
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:47:58pm |
re: #233 pingjockey
What?! Are you some kinda alien fruitcake? :)
he digs book signings and garden tours…that sort of thing
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:48:05pm |
re: #216 Thanos
Hey Thanos - I’m not having trouble now, but an hour or so ago, I was trying to post one of my typical informative, yet witty, comments and suddenly got a notice that IE wasn’t working! Damn!
But all seems ok here - I assume you’ve done everything that’s normal, right? I mean, dumpt temp files, clean out cookies, re-boot and all?
(WOW, I cracked myself up with the idea of ME giving Thanos tech ideas! ROFL!).
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:48:48pm |
re: #232 albusteve
like most folks up in DC
You can thank Danny Boy Snyder for that. When I got here in ‘89, this place was STOKED! Honestly, I’d never seen anything like it; perhaps Texas before a rivalry game?
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:48:52pm |
re: #216 Thanos
Well I am having all kinds of problems tonight. Just LGF is running slow for me, everything else is fine. I reloaded FF from scratch, still slow, windows firewall off, virus scanner off, still slow…
Anyone else experiencing 20 seconds to a minute after hitting new comments, or is it just me?
No, but I’ll say I rarely have any issues in Safari.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:49:06pm |
re: #233 pingjockey
What?! Are you some kinda alien fruitcake? :)
Fruitcake? What are you implying, you bitch! I mean, er… you sonofabitch!
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:49:30pm |
re: #234 Honorary Yooper
I’m almost. The Lions did that to me. Now the NHL on the other hand…
Let’s make that 12 Stanley Cups this year, please. :-)
Indifferent to the NHL, too. Ha!
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:49:31pm |
There’s a new Halfway House in Arlington, TX, just south of Randol Mill and Collins. Big, dang thing! I never realized there were so many ex-felons in the area…
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:49:46pm |
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:49:49pm |
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Randall Gross Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:49:55pm |
Pings here are fine (53 ms) there’s only 11 hops, I’m D/l at 19 MBPS right now… grrrfff
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50:02pm |
re: #245 Occasional Reader
Nah, not that kinda fruitcake, the nutty kind!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50:19pm |
re: #216 Thanos
I get that sometimes too. But I haven’t had that problem for a while.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50:31pm |
re: #241 albusteve
he digs book signings and garden tours…that sort of thing
Keep that up, and I’ll swat you with my European Carryall.
DAMMIT IT’S NOT A “PURSE”!
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50:42pm |
re: #243 PSGInfinity
You can thank Danny Boy Snyder for that. When I got here in ‘89, this place was STOKED! Honestly, I’d never seen anything like it; perhaps Texas before a rivalry game?
he should learn from his elders but he refuses…you simply cannot buy a winner in the NFL
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50:44pm |
re: #228 Dark_Falcon
Dream on. The Bears will crush the Lions and smack the Pack on their way to a NFC Championship.
Until the *cough get CREAMED by the Giants!* cough*
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CyanSnowHawk Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50:48pm |
re: #251 pingjockey
Nah, not that kinda fruitcake, the nutty kind!
I don’t think that clarified much.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:50:54pm |
re: #247 timbre
There’s a new Halfway House in Arlington, TX, just south of Randol Mill and Collins. Big, dang thing! I never realized there were so many ex-felons in the area…
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Sleepyone Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:51:16pm |
re: #182 reine.de.tout
Sleepyone - the print-on-demand seems to be working well.
There were a couple of errors in the first few books printed, and so once they were pointed out, we corrected them. I mean, the entire effort was amateur volunteers, and we learned a lot during the process, I believe. I happen to be very happy with my collectible error copy.You need to check it out. Here is an image of the cover, which was produced by Jaunte. The back cover was produced by Flak Music. The book cover is very very nice.
The inside pages are just OK - partly due to our amateur standing, and partly due to the quality not being what one would get with a regular book. But it’s acceptable.
Thanks for the links r.d.t.
The cover has a nice illustration. I seem to recall the name Jaunte. Is he/she a poster on LGF? The back looks decent also. I know I’m late to the game of congratulating you on the cookbook but kudos! It’s difficult to self-publish something for sure. My wife is a poet who’s been published in magazines and other books but she’s also self-published a collection and it’s not an easy task. My publishing hat is off to you!
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:51:48pm |
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:52:06pm |
re: #249 realwest
Bum would wear shit kickers and his cowboy hat on the field. And could get away with that look. Wade takes waaaay too much shit from the players. I think that is part Jerry Jones fault.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:52:06pm |
re: #253 Occasional Reader
Keep that up, and I’ll swat you with my European Carryall.
DAMMIT IT’S NOT A “PURSE”!
careful….watch your nails!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:52:12pm |
re: #255 realwest
Until the *cough get CREAMED by the Giants!* cough*
Not going to argue with you on that one. The Giants are still most likely the better team. Still, any given Sunday….
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:52:13pm |
And I’m watching The Seven Samurai.
Funny thing is, the head Samurai (whom I think of as “Yul Brynner”) looks like the Japanese version of an Argentinian guy I work with.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:53:22pm |
re: #257 OldLineTexan
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
that is so twenty years ago…what a hick
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:53:33pm |
re: #263 Occasional Reader
Good movie. IIRC, the head samurai is Toshiro Mifune.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:53:42pm |
re: #254 albusteve
he should learn from his elders but he refuses…you simply cannot buy a winner in the NFL
Bummer for the fans…
(F.D.: I’m a lifelong Browns fan) (Sigh)
(At least the Buckeyes usually do well)(Sends some love to Maurice…)
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:54:06pm |
All 3 USC Linebackers picked in the first 38 overall. That has to be some kind of record.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:54:21pm |
re: #260 pingjockey
Bum would wear shit kickers and his cowboy hat on the field. And could get away with that look. Wade takes waaaay too much shit from the players. I think that is part Jerry Jones fault.
it’s gonna end…look out
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Killian Bundy Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:54:29pm |
Security Before Politics
By Porter J. Goss
Today, I am slack-jawed to read that members claim to have not understood that the techniques on which they were briefed were to actually be employed; or that specific techniques such as “waterboarding” were never mentioned. It must be hard for most Americans of common sense to imagine how a member of Congress can forget being told about the interrogations of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed. In that case, though, perhaps it is not amnesia but political expedience.
Let me be clear. It is my recollection that:
— The chairs and the ranking minority members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, known as the Gang of Four, were briefed that the CIA was holding and interrogating high-value terrorists.
— We understood what the CIA was doing.
— We gave the CIA our bipartisan support.
— We gave the CIA funding to carry out its activities.
— On a bipartisan basis, we asked if the CIA needed more support from Congress to carry out its mission against al-Qaeda.
/someone’s lying
| 270 |
BaseballMom57 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:54:40pm |
re: #67 lincolntf
I love that word … “chortle”. Thanks for using it!
I have discovered that Lizards have extensive vocabularies.
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:54:55pm |
re: #256 CyanSnowHawk
1.)fruit cake=bwaney fwank
2.) fruit cake=christmas cake nobody eats.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:55:14pm |
re: #265 pingjockey
Good movie. IIRC, the head samurai is Toshiro Mifune.
Nope. He’s “Kikuchuyo” (sp?), the rather wacky not-really-a-samurai.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:55:18pm |
re: #247 timbre
There’s a new Halfway House in Arlington, TX, just south of Randol Mill and Collins. Big, dang thing! I never realized there were so many ex-felons [on the Cowboys team]…
FTFY
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:55:33pm |
re: #266 PSGInfinity
Bummer for the fans…
(F.D.: I’m a lifelong Browns fan) (Sigh)
(At least the Buckeyes usually do well)(Sends some love to Maurice…)
U of M here…I hate the Buckeys…eat shit and die
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Randall Gross Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:55:41pm |
re: #263 Occasional Reader
And I’m watching The Seven Samurai.
Funny thing is, the head Samurai (whom I think of as “Yul Brynner”) looks like the Japanese version of an Argentinian guy I work with.
I watched the Japanese version of “King Lear” just the other night…
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:56:00pm |
re: #272 Occasional Reader
Okay. I just knew he was in it.
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:56:30pm |
Jerry Jones is putting together one hell of a Pop Warner team for “09”.
How ‘bout that first round draft pick.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:56:53pm |
The head samurai is “Kambei Shimada”, played by Takashi Shimuri.
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timbre Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:57:23pm |
re: #264 albusteve
Steve, Steve…I was born and raised in Dallas. I’ve got Emmitt Smith’s rookie card, and quite a few more. I just get frustrated at the foot-shooting.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:57:31pm |
re: #275 Thanos
I watched the Japanese version of “King Lear” just the other night…
“King Rear”. Available at finer midnight movies in SF and The Montrose (Houston).
/
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:57:36pm |
re: #275 Thanos
I watched the Japanese version of “King Lear” just the other night…
Ran! Good flick.
Of Kurosawa’s films that I’ve seen, I thought the most disappointing was Dreams.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:57:37pm |
re: #277 jorline
Jerry Jones is putting together one hell of a Pop Warner team for “09”.
How ‘bout that first round draft pick.
why do you say that?….Roy Williams is a pro bowl receiver
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:57:44pm |
re: #269 Killian Bundy
“Well of course Goss is lying, He worked for that evil McChimpyBushHitler”!
Pelousi mode off.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:58:31pm |
re: #279 timbre
Steve, Steve…I was born and raised in Dallas. I’ve got Emmitt Smith’s rookie card, and quite a few more. I just get frustrated at the foot-shooting.
you expect too much…five rings bro….five
| 285 |
Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:58:31pm |
Gotta love the new Eminem video. Dude might just be the greatest pop star of our time.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:58:38pm |
re: #280 OldLineTexan
“King Rear”. Available at finer midnight movies in SF and The Montrose (Houston).
/
Look WHY DON’T YOU TEXAN TROGLODYTES GO BACK TO TALKING ABOUT YOUR BEASTLY FOOTBALL, while the rest of us discuss sophisticated foreign films, m’kay?
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lurking faith Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:58:47pm |
re: #234 Honorary Yooper
I’m almost. The Lions did that to me. Now the NHL on the other hand…
Let’s make that 12 Stanley Cups this year, please. :-)
Go Wings!
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:58:52pm |
re: #237 Dark_Falcon
Hey Dark_Falcon - from your link:
That’s where Operation Mend came in.A one-of-kind partnership between the UCLA medical Center and Brooke, the program provides reconstructive surgery to members of the military who’ve been severely disfigured in Iraq and Afghanistan. So far, 24 men and women have been treated.
At Brooke, Mikeworth endured about 16 surgeries, many on the lower right arm that he almost lost in the blast.Mikeworth’s road to recovery has been part medical marvel, part profile in courage — the stalwart soldier who rebuilds his confidence as doctors rebuild his face.
All along, as UCLA surgeons have tucked and trimmed, adding a bit of cartilage here, a flap of skin there.
“I was pretty gruesome in the beginning,” he says. “I looked like I came out of some Halloween horror movie. I know that. Sometimes if I was having a bad day, I’d get mad at the situation I found myself in, but I would never get angry at the people.”
But his appearance didn’t faze his sons, Ryan, 7, and Connor, 6.
They brought laughter into the home when they returned from a two-month stay with his wife’s parents in Illinois.
Sgt. Mikeworth hopes to join an Army unit by summer. He’s on medical hold while he looks for a suitable slot. He’s thinking about military intelligence or becoming an instructor.
“I don’t want to be put on a shelf or a back burner, or left in a corner anywhere,” he says.
[emphasis realwest]
I still am amazed that America continues to find such fine men and woman who are so willing to defend her. And I can’t begin to tell you how impressed I am with with UCLA and Brooke. Now if only more private hospitals would pitch in, that would be just great.
And I thank Sgt Mikeworth for his service and his inspiration.
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:59:36pm |
re: #286 Occasional Reader
Ahahahahahahaha! Okay that got a for real belly laugh!
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:59:44pm |
re: #216 Thanos
Shiplord Kirel was having the same problems the other day. Its been slowing down for me as well and I use the latest firefox.
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 8:59:53pm |
Skinhead Reggae Ska
“When a skinhead walks down the street,
Every chick’s heart skips a beat”
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BignJames Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:00:18pm |
re: #279 timbre
Steve, Steve…I was born and raised in Dallas. I’ve got Emmitt Smith’s rookie card, and quite a few more. I just get frustrated at the foot-shooting.
Put togeter a syndicate…..buy Jerry Jones out….I can’t decide who I like less, him, or Donald Trump.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:00:19pm |
re: #286 Occasional Reader
Look WHY DON’T YOU TEXAN TROGLODYTES GO BACK TO TALKING ABOUT YOUR BEASTLY FOOTBALL, while the rest of us discuss sophisticated foreign films, m’kay?
The Cowboys play football?
It makes sense now. All the other inmates at Huntsville have orange jumpsuits. Football. I’ll be damned.
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:00:39pm |
OK, time to vent…ya wanna hear some whining about NFL? I was born in “The ‘Hood”.
Yeah, Compton. And see this pic? That’s me and my older brothers on the L.A. Colosseum practice field with the Rams! In ‘54.
Like I had any choice about being a fan?
St Louis? St Louis?
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:00:46pm |
re: #274 albusteve
U of M here…I hate the Buckey[e]s…eat shit and die
2008: A fine vintage; Buckeyes do better than expected and UselessMich and the Oyish had horrific years…
| 296 |
Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:00:51pm |
re: #289 pingjockey
Ahahahahahahaha! Okay that got a for real belly laugh!
Tex made me so angry, I almost spilled my Macchiato onto my ascot.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:01:38pm |
re: #285 Mich-again
Gotta love the new Eminem video. Dude might just be the greatest pop star of our time.
Notice that the Dallas Cowboys are in that video.
And it sucks.
Coincidence?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:01:41pm |
re: #295 PSGInfinity
2008: A fine vintage; Buckeyes do better than expected and UselessMich and the Oyish had horrific years…
Mich is in the tank bigtime….bibical like
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jaunte Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:01:55pm |
re: #288 realwest
Hey Dark_Falcon - from your link:
[emphasis realwest]
I still am amazed that America continues to find such fine men and woman who are so willing to defend her. And I can’t begin to tell you how impressed I am with with UCLA and Brooke. Now if only more private hospitals would pitch in, that would be just great.
And I thank Sgt Mikeworth for his service and his inspiration.
Just wanted to repeat that.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:02:41pm |
Dammit, now I’m really craving a good katana.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:02:45pm |
re: #293 OldLineTexan
The Cowboys play football?
It makes sense now. All the other inmates at Huntsville have orange jumpsuits. Football. I’ll be damned.
you will too…
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BaseballMom57 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:02:58pm |
re: #110 HelloDare
“If you read that Miss California is murdered you will know it was me”
I do not, as a personal rule of thumb, drop the “f” bomb, but this … this story … may very well have me screaming it.
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:02:58pm |
re: #297 OldLineTexan
Notice that the Dallas Cowboys are in that video.
Just one. Romo. oh and his GF J Simpson.
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Randall Gross Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:03:07pm |
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:03:12pm |
re: #285 Mich-again
Not bad. But I like his earlier stuff better. He hasn’t evolved much but I think that about most music these days. There’s not much going on that I get excited about.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:03:32pm |
re: #285 Mich-again
Gotta love the new Eminem video. Dude might just be the greatest pop star of our time.
Downding. That video mocks Sarah Palin in a truly vile way. How can you like something that does that?
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Last Mohican Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:03:39pm |
re: #59 Kosh’s Shadow
Unless it was securely erased, there are places that can recover quite a bit, if not all, but we’re talking a lot of money.
If it was just the directory info, it is easier, but pictures are hard to recover, because there is no easy way to tell which file block goes with which picture and where.
I’m replying to this late, but it caught my attention. It would be such a shame if all of those photos of such a horrible moment in history were to be lost.
There are museums that have dedicated a lot of resources to preserving memories of 9/11. I’ll bet one of them would pay or use their own people to try to recover that hard drive. The New-York Historical Society comes to mind. I saw a very poignant 9/11 exhibit there once.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:03:56pm |
re: #260 pingjockey
I gotta be honest here - for a long time I thought the Cowboys were the second coming of Montana and the ‘49er’s. Then Jerry Jones didn’t like the fact that HIS chosen head coach, Jimmy, started getting more press and WHAM - Jimmy was gone.
I honestly think that although Jerry deserves a lot of credit for taking a laughingstock of a team to the top of the heaps several times, in many ways he’s just too much like George Steinbrenner used to be.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:04:01pm |
re: #285 Mich-again
Gotta love the new Eminem video. Dude might just be the greatest pop star of our time.
He’s so under valued.
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aussiemagpie Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:04:14pm |
G’day from Down Under to {everyone}
It’s a windy Sunday arvo here and I should be doing other stuff like the washing, cleaning the messy house, emailing {reine} some recipes…. not lurking here!
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:04:20pm |
re: #211 realwest
Hi Cato! Hey, have you always been a socialist or is that something new?
Yo, Real. Keeping well?
So anyone who voted for Obama is a “socialist”? That’ll surprise a whole lotta people…
I’ve always been a registered Independent. Means I can’t vote in the state-sponsored nominating conventions known as “primaries” in the state I live in, but I won’t be pegged as a Demublican or a Republicrat.
I voted for Gore in 2000, Bush in 2004, and Obama in 2008. And if she grows a brain I would even consider voting for Palin in 2012 (not likely, but if she won me over I would).
I reject hysteria from the right and the left.
re: #235 lincolntf
If I had told you 6 months ago that Obama would take over GM and publicly fire the CEO, you would probably have called me a paranoid right-winger.
And if I told you that McCain would have done the same thing, you’d probably think I’m crazy. But I’m betting it’s true.
GM needs either needs to die or be run by grownups for a while.
re: #223 Occasional Reader
Feeling any buyer’s remorse?
Am I perfectly happy? As I said, no. But I didn’t expect to be. I didn’t buy into the unicorns and rainbows crap, I voted for a politician. No, I’m still glad the two creationist appeasers are not calling the shots.
re: #230 Capitalistincharge
Um Cato…I wouldn’t admit that in front of Mandy.
Mandy knows. I think I got at least one of her patented mannerly tongue-lashings already. I can take it.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:04:28pm |
re: #302 albusteve
you will too…
oh noes! Jerry Jonez gonna rite da debbil a chek to taek me to teh Basement Cat! waily waily!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:04:39pm |
re: #308 Dark_Falcon
Downding. That video mocks Sarah Palin in a truly vile way. How can you like something that does that?
C’mon, it’s not that bad.
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Randall Gross Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:04:48pm |
re: #290 MrPaulRevere
Shiplord Kirel was having the same problems the other day. Its been slowing down for me as well and I use the latest firefox.
Yes, this started after the last firefox update, but it’s running slow in IE 8 too…
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:05:12pm |
re: #303 BaseballMom57
I do not, as a personal rule of thumb, drop the “f” bomb, but this … this story … may very well have me screaming it.
And what’s worse; He’s a Tory. What a vile fool he is.
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:05:13pm |
re: #282 albusteve
why do you say that?….Roy Williams is a pro bowl receiver
Hey albusteve…hope you are well this evening.
watch out for the 3rd and forth rounds…Dallas has it all figured out.
First pick #69.
I sure do miss Tex Schramm.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:05:35pm |
re: #307 Killgore Trout
Not bad. But I like his earlier stuff better. He hasn’t evolved much but I think that about most music these days. There’s not much going on that I get excited about.
if you dig M&M or whoever he is, I can understand….hahahahaha!…melts in your mouth eh?….hahaha!
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:05:36pm |
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lurking faith Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:05:49pm |
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:06:02pm |
re: #310 realwest
You bet. IMO, the owner is supposed to sign the checks, sit up in his really cool luxury box and leave football to the pros. Jerry thinks he knows on the field shit and he doesn’t.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:06:20pm |
re: #317 Thanos
Yes, this started after the last firefox update, but it’s running slow in IE 8 too…
Switch to Safari.
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Racer X Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:06:31pm |
re: #285 Mich-again
Gotta love the new Eminem video. Dude might just be the greatest pop star of our time.
I hate that I like that guy.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:06:35pm |
re: #315 Killgore Trout
C’mon, it’s not that bad.
Yes, it is. Eminem is scum, and his video is a crude attack on a woman who desearves better.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:06:42pm |
re: #298 albusteve
Mich is in the tank bigtime….biblical like
We thoroughly enjoyed that…mostly because it’s so rare.
“Please, sir, can I have some more ?”
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:06:55pm |
re: #308 Dark_Falcon
Downding. That video mocks Sarah Palin in a truly vile way. How can you like something that does that?
Erm…because she cries out for mockery?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:07:10pm |
re: #320 albusteve
I’m getting old but I’m not old enough to not understand rap music.
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2by2 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:07:27pm |
re: #234 Honorary Yooper
I’m almost. The Lions did that to me. Now the NHL on the other hand…
Let’s make that 12 Stanley Cups this year, please. :-)
Yooper your boys are my strong favorite for a repeat, I called it correctly last year,
even the number of games; and if at all possible, they have gotten better over the last season.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:07:30pm |
re: #269 Killian Bundy
Yep, and it ain’t Porter J. Goss either.
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BaseballMom57 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:08:34pm |
re: #117 Killgore Trout
LOVE the piano tune! Reminds me of that gal my Dad loved to watch on the Lawrence Welk Show… what was her name? OH! Joanne Castle, I think.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:08:36pm |
re: #308 Dark_Falcon
Downding. That video mocks Sarah Palin in a truly vile way. How can you like something that does that?
Uh- trust me- that was complimentary coming from Marshall. When he means to be insulting towards a woman- he does so very clearly.
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:08:36pm |
re: #313 Cato the Elder
So what you’re saying is that you didn’t read his books, and rather than defend Leftist intrusion into free eneterprise, you posit that Rightists would have done the same?
Oy, you’re quite a specimen.
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:08:41pm |
re: #323 pingjockey
You bet. IMO, the owner is supposed to sign the checks, sit up in his really cool luxury box and leave football to the pros. Jerry thinks he knows on the field shit and he doesn’t.
Actually, as a former college player, he’s in the worst possible position: he knows just enough to be dangerous.
(Worst kind of user to deal with)
(Been doin’ it fifteen years (PC Repair))
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:08:41pm |
re: #319 jorline
Hey albusteve…hope you are well this evening.
watch out for the 3rd and forth rounds…Dallas has it all figured out.
First pick #69.I sure do miss Tex Schramm.
Gil Brandt was the player wizard…he and Schramm were a machine, but the league has changed now…those guys are long gone
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:08:46pm |
re: #277 jorline
Hey jorline - who did the Cowboys draft first?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:09:21pm |
re: #329 Cato the Elder
Erm…because she cries out for mockery?
Mockery is what Tina Fey did on SNL. Eminem just makes vile slights at a decent woman who does not deserve them.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:09:54pm |
re: #340 Dark_Falcon
You’ve never heard him go off on Mariah Carey, have you?
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:10:05pm |
re: #321 OldLineTexan
Palin stoopid, Obama smart.
/ugh
Of course he’s smart. Where normal, dumb people would simply say “we must do X”, Obama says “we must, we shall, we can, and we will do X”. That’s how smart people talk.
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pingjockey Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:10:11pm |
re: #337 PSGInfinity
That is true too. Knows enough to be dangerous. Heh.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:10:15pm |
re: #323 pingjockey
You bet. IMO, the owner is supposed to sign the checks, sit up in his really cool luxury box and leave football to the pros. Jerry thinks he knows on the field shit and he doesn’t.
you have no clue….you follow news papers or whatever….don’t be fooled, he has had some monster drafts….why can’t he manage his team?
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:10:20pm |
re: #317 Thanos
It got so bad for him he said he wasn’t coming back. I have seen him post since then thankfully, he’s one of my favorites here. I can relate to his frustration, its the little things that drive a man nuts.
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:10:26pm |
re: #308 Dark_Falcon
How can you like something that does that?
Either my threshold for funny is too low or the one for offensive is too high. One or the other.
But I liked the song before I saw the video and I have to admit I had no idea what the lyrics were, just that the voice pattern was uniquely MM. The good ones get copied, the great ones can’t be copied.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:10:56pm |
re: #343 Occasional Reader
Of course he’s smart. Where normal, dumb people would simply say “we must do X”, Obama says “we must, we shall, we can, and we will do X”. That’s how smart people talk.
Me so happy smart people vote good.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:11:08pm |
That was MUCH more rude to Jessica Simpson. Marshall admitted there he likes Sarah.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:11:22pm |
re: #335 Sharmuta
Uh- trust me- that was complimentary coming from Marshall. When he means to be insulting towards a woman- he does so very clearly.
I know, but that doesn’t make it much better. Marshall Mathers is a boil on a cultural backside. I’d like to lance his career (note: his career, not him personally), and be done with him.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:11:32pm |
re: #286 Occasional Reader
HEY! I ain’t from Texas! And We (that is, the Giants drafted a big wide receiver out of - ta da - North Carolina!
The only good thing about foreign films is that you’re so busy reading the subtitles you never have to actually watch the flick!
Thippppit!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:12:35pm |
re: #350 Dark_Falcon
I know, but that doesn’t make it much better. Marshall Mathers is a boil on our cultural backside. I’d like to lance his career (note: his career, not him personally), and be done with him.
PIMF
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:13:04pm |
re: #330 Killgore Trout
I’m getting old but I’m not old enough to not understand rap music.
how eloquent…what’s understanding rap music got to do with anything?…does one ascend when they understand it?
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lurking faith Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:13:09pm |
re: #313 Cato the Elder
You’re probably correct that GM either needs to die or be run by grown-ups. Sadly, grown-ups aren’t going to be in charge as long as Obama feels free to meddle.
(I don’t think grown-ups would take a cold, hard look at GM’s situation and decide that the way to improve the company’s bottom line is to dump several of its most profitable products.)
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:13:10pm |
re: #347 Mich-again
Either my threshold for funny is too low or the one for offensive is too high. One or the other.
But I liked the song before I saw the video and I have to admit I had no idea what the lyrics were, just that the voice pattern was uniquely MM. The good ones get copied, the great ones can’t be copied.
He’s very unique. A rhythm like no other. I went on a Eminem kick one night, then put in the Beastie Boys, and I never thought I’d feel let down from the Beasties, but I was like- “Marshall owns your asses, guys!”
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BaseballMom57 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:13:13pm |
Regarding the cookbook (#1) -
Beware the Poppy Seed Cake recipe if you work for a company who may request random drug testing. My friend’s daughter had a good friend in her rehab who baked a poppy seed cake from a box. She happened to be pregnant, so she ate most of it in one sitting. She had to submit to a urinalysis per the terms of her probation, and it took months in front of several judges to prove she wasn’t using cocaine - she simply ate too much poppy seed cake. Bizarre, but true.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:13:25pm |
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:13:38pm |
re: #294 IslandLibertarian
Hey, who was that #32 - Ollie Matson (sp?)?
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:14:15pm |
re: #350 Dark_Falcon
I know, but that doesn’t make it much better. Marshall Mathers is a boil on a cultural backside. I’d like to lance his genre (note: his genre, not him personally), and be done with him, and it.
Embiggened it for ya’!
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:14:32pm |
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:14:46pm |
re: #357 BaseballMom57
Regarding the cookbook (#1) -
Beware the Poppy Seed Cake recipe if you work for a company who may request random drug testing. My friend’s daughter had a good friend in her rehab who baked a poppy seed cake from a box. She happened to be pregnant, so she ate most of it in one sitting. She had to submit to a urinalysis per the terms of her probation, and it took months in front of several judges to prove she wasn’t using cocaine - she simply ate too much poppy seed cake. Bizarre, but true.
Poppyseeds = false opiate results on cheap tests, not cocaine.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:15:28pm |
re: #358 Occasional Reader
If I tossed out all the music of people I politically disagreed with I’d be left with what?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:15:37pm |
re: #339 realwest
Hey jorline - who did the Cowboys draft first?
they traded out of the second round…they have not used one of their 12 picks yet
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:15:51pm |
I admit, I only hate Eminem because I’m a racist.
what?
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:15:57pm |
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BignJames Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:16:29pm |
re: #364 Sharmuta
If I tossed out all the music of people I politically disagreed with I’d be left with what?
Pat Boone?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:16:39pm |
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:16:48pm |
re: #364 Sharmuta
If I tossed out all the music of people I politically disagreed with I’d be left with what?
Canadians, because their opinons don’t count.
/
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:05pm |
My head is spinning. I might have nightmares involving Manfred Rouhs and the rest of those goons.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:12pm |
re: #367 OldLineTexan
I would pay for an album of Kid Rock kicking his ass.
I’d pay to watch a video of that.
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:23pm |
re: #338 albusteve
Gil Brandt was the player wizard…he and Schramm were a machine, but the league has changed now…those guys are long gone
Who knows…If Wade Phillips sports a Fedora next year, perhaps the “Ghost Of Landry Past” will pay us a visit…..NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:26pm |
re: #358 Occasional Reader
Zappa was pretty harsh on a lot of people. The music was still good.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:31pm |
re: #313 Cato the Elder
“So anyone who voted for Obama is a “socialist”? That’ll surprise a whole lotta people…”
Well ok, then, what were some of his programs or experience that attracted you to vote for Obama?
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PSGInfinity Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:53pm |
re: #369 Dark_Falcon
Works for me, good improvement.
Thanks Falcon! And on that note, I bid you all good night, from DCTown!
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:54pm |
re: #364 Sharmuta
If I tossed out all the music of people I politically disagreed with I’d be left with what?
Not quite the same thing. I’m sure there are plenty of artists whose politics I disagree with, but who never felt the need to incorporate “FUCK BUSH” (plus Trooferism) into their work.
Anyway, I’m just not much of a rap/hip-hop fan to begin with (with very scattered exceptions).
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NY Nana Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:17:58pm |
re: #218 CyanSnowHawk
I know squat re baseball, but as a native Bostonian? I am forever a member of the Red Sox Nation, albeit sitting here in NY, not all that far from *gag* Yankee Stadium. Feh!
My parents zt”l were also 100% Red Sox, even though my Mum and I never got taken to a game…just my male cousins.
How I wish my parents had lived to see the Red Sox win the World Series!
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:18:28pm |
re: #371 Gus 802
My head is spinning. I might have nightmares involving Manfred Rouhs and the rest of those goons.
Keep the lights on and sleep with one foot on the floor.
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:18:55pm |
re: #379 Killgore Trout
Keep the lights on and sleep with one foot on the floor.
If I keep this up I might have to. ;)
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:19:38pm |
re: #357 BaseballMom57
Regarding the cookbook (#1) -
Beware the Poppy Seed Cake recipe if you work for a company who may request random drug testing. My friend’s daughter had a good friend in her rehab who baked a poppy seed cake from a box. She happened to be pregnant, so she ate most of it in one sitting. She had to submit to a urinalysis per the terms of her probation, and it took months in front of several judges to prove she wasn’t using cocaine - she simply ate too much poppy seed cake. Bizarre, but true.
Trust me BBMom…stick with the Tilapia. ;)
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IslandLibertarian Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:19:48pm |
re: #359 realwest
I don’t know who it is. I’ve tried to research it, but can’t find a ‘54 team roster with numbers. I’d love to know.
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:20:04pm |
re: #375 realwest
I’m guessing that he was a 30% Change and 70% Hope kind of guy.
Poor suckers got pulled in by the boatload.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:20:16pm |
And I always love Dr Dre in his videos- he’s a great straight man.
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lurking faith Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:20:32pm |
Some musicians/artists/actors I merely disagree with.
Others seem to be working very hard to be utterly vile, vicious, depraved, hateful, or what-have-you. Those are the ones I try not to support with my hard-earned cash.
I’ve always thought Eminem was a misogynist little @#$%&*. Was I wrong?
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Noam Sayin' Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:20:34pm |
re: #371 Gus 802
My head is spinning. I might have nightmares involving Manfred Rouhs and the rest of those goons.
Try this.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:20:39pm |
re: #370 OldLineTexan
Canadians, because their opinons don’t count.
/
Neil Young comes to mind…good thinking
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:20:51pm |
re: #377 Occasional Reader
Not quite the same thing. I’m sure there are plenty of artists whose politics I disagree with, but who never felt the need to incorporate “FUCK BUSH” (plus Trooferism) into their work.
Anyway, I’m just not much of a rap/hip-hop fan to begin with (with very scattered exceptions).
You’re missing insightful musings such as “I’m the m-f’ing n* that your momma told you ‘bout”.
How can you live like that, man?
/
“Duck and you won’t get hit.” Now THAT’S advice you can use TODAY.
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:21:07pm |
Just one more thing before I hit the sack - Eminem gets the Chris Morris treatment
Nite all :)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:21:29pm |
re: #380 Sharmuta
Behead those who insult Cheney!
/love that song
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:21:54pm |
re: #339 realwest
Hey jorline - who did the Cowboys draft first?
lmao…they’re first pick is in the 3rd round…you’re Giants are safe for another year RW.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:22:26pm |
re: #389 albusteve
Neil Young comes to mind…good thinking
See? I love Neil, and don’t have to give a rat’s ass about his silly Canadian politics.
;)
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:22:45pm |
re: #380 Sharmuta Another great one. Playing right now. ATTENTION PLEASE..
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:23:15pm |
re: #364 Sharmuta
If I tossed out all the music of people I politically disagreed with I’d be left with what?
I’m actually something of a fan of Green Day, despite their anti-War-on-Terror antics (which as on display in the new video for their song Know Your Enemy. I just view Eminem as culturally toxic: crude, lewd, and nasty. He raps well, but can’t really bring myself to like him, he offends me too much.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:23:16pm |
re: #327 Dark_Falcon
Now, now, we all know how much Eminem has done for his country. Or state. Or hometown. Not to mention he’s so bright and knowledgeable!
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:23:54pm |
re: #351 realwest
HEY! I ain’t from Texas! And We (that is, the Giants drafted a big wide receiver out of - ta da - North Carolina!
The only good thing about foreign films is that you’re so busy reading the subtitles you never have to actually watch the flick!
Thippppit!
I forgot…your regular wide receiver shot himself last year.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:24:27pm |
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:24:50pm |
re: #394 OldLineTexan
See? I love Neil, and don’t have to give a rat’s ass about his silly Canadian politics.
;)
he’s okay….if you like someone who cannot sing or play guitar…a fair poet tho
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lurking faith Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:24:56pm |
sudden incoherence syndrome has hit
g’night all
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Mich-again Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:25:28pm |
re: #399 Occasional Reader
Look, the lyrics are “clever”, in a way. The music sounds, to me, like it’s written by a machine.
Exactly.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:25:46pm |
re: #399 Occasional Reader
I keep hoping that there will be a funk revival. It’ll happen someday.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:04pm |
re: #333 aussiemagpie
Whoa! A surprise *SMOOCH* - my favorite kind! How are you doing this morning, afternoon or whatever time it is down under?!
And a big *Smooch* back to ya!
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Jimmah Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:07pm |
Actually one more thing - Occasional reader, I boobed earlier. The Borges story I was thinking of isn’t the Congress - its “The Chronicles of Bustos Domecq”.
Nite (for real this time).
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:09pm |
re: #398 jorline
I forgot…your regular wide receiver shot himself last year.
then got cut…hahaha!…and they mock the Cowboys!
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:18pm |
re: #396 Dark_Falcon
Have you ever heard Mockingbird?
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:23pm |
re: #400 albusteve
he’s okay….if you like someone who cannot sing or play guitar…a fair poet tho
That’s the secret … lots of people can sing and play guitar … but they are musically uninteresting. Neil has soul.
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:24pm |
I’m dating myself here, but this is my idea of maximum R+B:
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:32pm |
re: #336 lincolntf
So what you’re saying is that you didn’t read his books, and rather than defend Leftist intrusion into free eneterprise, you posit that Rightists would have done the same?
Oy, you’re quite a specimen.
No, you’re saying I didn’t read his books. Whatevs. You’re quite a mind reader.
Who started the bailouts? Hmm? You don’t think McCain would have done something very similar to Obama? All the mainstream economists were screaming we’d all die - die, I tell you! - if the banks and insurance thieves didn’t get a blank check. That wouldn’t have happened if John Maverick had been selected? Wanna buy a bridge?
As for free enterprise, we haven’t had it for decades. We’ve had corporate welfare, revolving-door Schmiergeld politics, subsidized losers, socialized losses and privatized gains. Anyone remember Enron and the Keating five? Whose watch were they on?
And you want me to believe that Obama is going to turn us into Cuba with superhighways? Got another bridge you should look at…
What happens, see, is there’s a secret room 44 stories below the White House, and right after a new guy is sworn in, he’s taken down there and shown the statue of Baphomet and initiated into the secret handshakes and the magic underwear and the 33rd degree master mason arcana, and told that he can have his fun for four or eight years but this and this and this are lines he doesn’t want to cross if he prefers to keep his nuts in the sack, and by the time it’s all over, you get a left-of-center or right-of-center guy who’s bound to disappoint his followers and surprise his opponents.
And what’s left of the Republic sails merrily on, with Larry Summers or Brent Scowcroft in the catbird seat and all the reformers from right and left stuck in the cold with their noses pressed up against the glass.
And now I have to go watch “Dollhouse” and pretend Eliza Dushku is my g/f. Sad life, I know, but it beats obsessing about things that really, truly just aren’t gonna happen.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:26:52pm |
re: #403 Killgore Trout
I keep hoping that there will be a funk revival. It’ll happen someday.
Yes, the funk revival will begin on the first Saturday that comes in the middle of the week. :D
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:27:02pm |
re: #397 realwest
I’m rap illiterate, but Eminem had one album that I loved to work to. There’s a little bit of rock in that skidbag, believe it or not.
Don’t know which album, it belonged to the kid of my boss.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:27:07pm |
re: #399 Occasional Reader
Meh.
Look, the lyrics are “clever”, in a way. The music sounds, to me, like it’s written by a machine.
You mean like disco?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:27:22pm |
re: #399 Occasional Reader
Meh.
Look, the lyrics are “clever”, in a way. The music sounds, to me, like it’s written by a machine.
it is…it’s made for video…it’s as musical as a chainsaw
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:27:26pm |
re: #336 lincolntf
Hey, seriously my friend, Cato is a good guy - really he is.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:27:58pm |
re: #407 Sharmuta
Have you ever heard Mockingbird?
No, I have not. I’ll make a point of listening to it soon.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:28:04pm |
re: #413 lincolntf
I’m rap illiterate, but Eminem had one album that I loved to work to. There’s a little bit of rock in that skidbag, believe it or not.
Don’t know which album, it belonged to the kid of my boss.
See? Thats how he does it- he slips in, and the next thing you know it’s all, “I kinda like the guy”.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:28:17pm |
re: #408 OldLineTexan
That’s the secret … lots of people can sing and play guitar … but they are musically uninteresting. Neil has soul.
he’s a monumental jerk…but then I have a soul too I guess
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:28:37pm |
re: #417 Dark_Falcon
No, I have not. I’ll make a point of listening to it soon.
No time like the present. This song actually makes me cry at times.
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:29:07pm |
re: #403 Killgore Trout
I keep hoping that there will be a funk revival. It’ll happen someday.
Now THAT’S something I could get behind.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:29:25pm |
Beasties…..
B-Boy Bouillabaisse
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:29:42pm |
re: #419 albusteve
he’s a monumental jerk…but then I have a soul too I guess
now what did Neil do to you? you can tell me. i bet M&Ms likes him.
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aussiemagpie Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:29:56pm |
re: #404 realwest
Whoa! A surprise *SMOOCH* - my favorite kind! How are you doing this morning, afternoon or whatever time it is down under?!
And a big *Smooch* back to ya!
Hi darls and it’s Sunday arvo here, and I’m suffering from *Housework Avoidance Syndrome*
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:30:02pm |
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Joo-LiZ Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:30:37pm |
What the heck is going on?!
Lieberman: Israel won’t strike Iran - even if sanctions fail
Israel will not attack Iran even if the international sanctions against Tehran fail to convince President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to give up his country’s nuclear program, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the Austrian daily Kleine Zeitung.In an interview published this weekend, Lieberman was asked whether Israel planned to strike Iran as a last resort.“We are not talking about a military attack. Israel cannot resolve militarily the entire world’s problem. I propose that the United States, as the largest power in the world, take responsibility for resolving the Iranian question,” Lieberman told the paper.
“The best way to stop Iran’s nuclear program is through severe sanctions, very severe sanctions,” he said. “The resolutions of the UN Security Council are insufficient. Iran must be presented with harsher and more effective sanctions. It worked against Libya. We must isolate Iran; only this way will results be possible.”
Lieberman reiterated his position that Iran is an international problem
Could this just be a diplomatic ploy? As much as I agree with many of his views, I don’t see Lieberman as being a very tactful diplomat about this sorta thing. He’s too prone to speaking his mind. Then again, that just makes him more effective as a bluff or cover.
Any thoughts?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:31:09pm |
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:31:20pm |
re: #416 realwest
I’m not jumping on him as a person. For all I know he’s a Saint.
But he could be the King of friggin’ England for all I care. Wrong is wrong.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:32:12pm |
re: #425 Sharmuta
Lenny sure had a short career. I was expecting more out of him.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:32:13pm |
re: #428 albusteve
indeed
yes, he helped save us from palin by giving us biden thank god for small favors i don’t think i could survive any bigger ones
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:32:50pm |
re: #430 Killgore Trout
Lenny sure had a short career. I was expecting more out of him.
Lisa Bonet drained his precious vital fluids.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:33:12pm |
re: #423 OldLineTexan
now what did Neil do to you? you can tell me. i bet M&Ms likes him.
soul brothers no doubt….Neil is a bigtime America critic…the market where he made his multi milllions…pin head hypocrit
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NY Nana Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:33:27pm |
re: #427 Joo-LiZ
Any thoughts?
Yes. [Deleted]…..but it is Ha’aretz…I am going to check a few other Israeli on-line papers.
BRB….
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:33:34pm |
re: #430 Killgore Trout
Lenny sure had a short career. I was expecting more out of him.
I cannot think rationally about Lenny Kravitz, because he dated… you-know-who…
[bitter jealous angry]
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:34:07pm |
re: #432 Sharmuta
Lisa Bonet drained his precious vital fluids.
you gotta die of something, and that way is a worthy goal imo
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:34:10pm |
re: #431 OldLineTexan
yes, he helped save us from palin by giving us biden thank god for small favors i don’t think i could survive any bigger ones
Cato did all that?….wow
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:34:20pm |
re: #435 Occasional Reader
I cannot think rationally about Lenny Kravitz, because he dated… you-know-who…
[bitter jealous angry]
That married woman?
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:34:23pm |
re: #409 MrPaulRevere
I’m dating myself here, but this is my idea of maximum R+B:
[Video]
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:34:40pm |
re: #427 Joo-LiZ
What the heck is going on?!
Lieberman: Israel won’t strike Iran - even if sanctions failCould this just be a diplomatic ploy? As much as I agree with many of his views, I don’t see Lieberman as being a very tactful diplomat about this sorta thing. He’s too prone to speaking his mind. Then again, that just makes him more effective as a bluff or cover.
Any thoughts?
I’ll see what the Jerusalem Post or Israel National News says first. I don’t trust Haaretz (what a disgrace for a leftist paper to be called “The Land”, when they have so little respect for it)
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:34:52pm |
re: #433 albusteve
soul brothers no doubt….Neil is a bigtime America critic…the market where he made his multi milllions…pin head hypocrit
see, he’s canadian so we can just blow him off. now the dixie chicks, babs streisand …
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:34:59pm |
re: #427 Joo-LiZ
Could this just be a diplomatic ploy?
I sure as hell hope so. If anyone is going to prevent a Nuclear-Armed Mullahcracy at this point, it’ll have to be Israel. (Obama sure as hell isn’t going to do it.)
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:35:10pm |
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Archimedes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:35:24pm |
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Occasional Reader Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:35:33pm |
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:35:35pm |
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:35:47pm |
re: #442 Occasional Reader
I sure as hell hope so. If anyone is going to prevent a Nuclear-Armed Mullahcracy at this point, it’ll have to be Israel. (Obama sure as hell isn’t going to do it.)
HEY, MCCAIN WOULD HAVE DONE/NOT DONE THE SAME THING!
/
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:36:06pm |
Of course- my sense of humor is odd, but I loved Ass Like That.
/Possibly NSFW. DO NOT click if you’re easily offended.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:36:48pm |
re: #384 IslandLibertarian
Nope, I was wrong. Ollie Matson played for the Rams, but from 1959-1962.
[Link: www.profootballhof.com…]
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Joo-LiZ Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:36:53pm |
re: #434 NY Nana
Yes. [Deleted]…..but it is Ha’aretz…I am going to check a few other Israeli on-line papers.
BRB….
JPost cites the same interview in the Austrian paper without the “We won’t strike Iran” quote….
I just don’t see how Haaretz could have gotten this sort of thing wrong. If anything, they’d have lept on/made up Lieberman saying that Israel WOULD strike Iran.
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BaseballMom57 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:36:54pm |
re: #363 OldLineTexan
You are absolutely right … it was over a year ago, and I obviously misspoke. You would think though, that whoever was doing the testing would have more accurate tests.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:37:21pm |
re: #446 Occasional Reader
You are a cruel, cruel woman.
its not the knife in the kidneys, its the twisting of the same
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:37:27pm |
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:38:46pm |
re: #445 Archimedes
Breaking out the big guns, eh? Love the Stones.
well put…you name it, they did it…probably first and better than most
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:38:48pm |
re: #388 Noam Sayin’
HEY NOAM! How are you? Geez, I haven’t seen you in a while (must be my schedule) - sure hope you’re ok!?
And that was a great song!
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:38:55pm |
re: #452 BaseballMom57
You are absolutely right … it was over a year ago, and I obviously misspoke. You would think though, that whoever was doing the testing would have more accurate tests.
I was raised on real kolaches, and have been warned of the effects.
Most tests are cheap, unfortunately, because cheap is what folks want to pay for.
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:39:05pm |
Good evening!
Our guests have departed, well fed and happy.
My house is clean, including having a carpet cleaning service clean the stairs after a doggy accident.
How’s everything?
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Archimedes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:39:59pm |
For brilliant drum play,
Radar Love:
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:40:18pm |
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:40:44pm |
re: #458 Dianna
Good evening!
Our guests have departed, well fed and happy.
My house is clean, including having a carpet cleaning service clean the stairs after a doggy accident.
How’s everything?
albusteve and i have demoted marshall mathers aka eminem to “canadian” status
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formercorpsman Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:40:56pm |
re: #459 wee fury
I’m not a FS fan, but that video was pure genius.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:41:04pm |
re: #461 Archimedes
For brilliant drum play,
Radar Love:[Video]
some good southern funk there…max boogie
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:41:10pm |
re: #462 Dianna
I’m sorry. Did the nazis depart, disconsolate?
No- their friends are still hurling vitriol from their various websites. You know- the usual suspects.
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funky chicken Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:41:17pm |
re: #423 OldLineTexan
now what did Neil do to you? you can tell me. i bet M&Ms likes him.
Southern Man
And his voice is pretty much nails on a blackboard
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:41:34pm |
re: #463 OldLineTexan
albusteve and i have demoted marshall mathers aka eminem to “canadian” status
Ah. Well.
Good.
But why would you inflict him on Canada?
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:41:43pm |
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:41:45pm |
re: #393 jorline Safe for another year?! What? Two different 1,000 yard rushers, and had good ole Plaxico hadn’t shot himself in the leg well then Eli woulda had TWO receivers to go deep - but that’s why I liked our draft so far! Got a sneaky 3rd pick at Left Outside tackel, too!
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Archimedes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:41:56pm |
re: #463 OldLineTexan
albusteve and i have demoted marshall mathers aka eminem to “canadian” status
LOL
Canadian … hmm
Okay, try this one:
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:42:12pm |
re: #467 funky chicken
Southern Man
And his voice is pretty much nails on a blackboard
sweet home alabama explains how much to worry about canadians
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:42:16pm |
re: #466 Sharmuta
No- their friends are still hurling vitriol from their various websites. You know- the usual suspects.
Oh. Still, we shall persevere.
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:42:26pm |
re: #427 Joo-LiZ
I think an Israelis attack on the Iranian nuclear weapons sites unlikely for several reasons, chief among them is that successfully stopping the Iranian program is highly problematic given the dispersal of assets etc… Anyone who thinks this would be a repeat of the attack on Saddam’s reactor in 1981 is simply misinformed.
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Noam Sayin' Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:42:27pm |
re: #456 realwest
Heya, real. I was just hanging out to see if you dropped in. I’m doing good. How’s Charlotte treating you?
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:42:41pm |
re: #468 Dianna
Ah. Well.
Good.
But why would you inflict him on Canada?
in steves case it appears to be revenge for neil young
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:42:42pm |
re: #463 OldLineTexan
albusteve and i have demoted marshall mathers aka eminem to “canadian” status
hahaha!
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:43:00pm |
re: #467 funky chicken
Southern Man
And his voice is pretty much nails on a blackboard
It may be, but I still love many of his songs.
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:43:41pm |
re: #469 Gus 802
They’re still high on Mt. Denial. //
Legs wet to the knee and viewing the pyramids?
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NY Nana Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:43:48pm |
re: #427 Joo-LiZ
I will go back to the J Post and also look at Ha’aretz….but I found one on a different subject that sounds more like him on YNet and another one from Arutz Sheva….
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:44:21pm |
re: #398 jorline
Oh yeah, he’s a real Wild Bill Hickock ok - how the fuck do you shoot yourself in the thigh?! Who carries a pistol loose in their pants pocket?
YES - Plaxico “Dead Eye” Burris. Asshole.
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:44:51pm |
re: #481 Dianna
Legs wet to the knee and viewing the pyramids?
Yes. Although I’m starting to think they’re underwater. I’ve never seen so much denial in my life. Those people are out of their minds.
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funky chicken Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:45:03pm |
3 Doors Down is very patriotic. I didn’t know anything about them until I took my daughter to a concert of theirs. They showed this video during the concert. I was shocked.
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:45:21pm |
re: #477 OldLineTexan
in steves case it appears to be revenge for neil young
Neil Young is a genius. I know he’s a raving moonbat, but anyone who could write After the Gold Rush deserves a lot of room.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:45:21pm |
re: #477 OldLineTexan
in steves case it appears to be revenge for neil young
he bailed out Lionel Trains…that was pretty cool
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MrPaulRevere Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:45:38pm |
re: #439 jorline
Thanks for the video, Clapton was outstanding.
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:45:56pm |
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:46:40pm |
re: #486 Dianna
Neil Young is a genius. I know he’s a raving moonbat, but anyone who could write After the Gold Rush deserves a lot of room.
genius?….he merely copied Gram Parsons and mixed it with Bob Dylan…I think not…sorry
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:46:52pm |
re: #486 Dianna
Neil Young is a genius. I know he’s a raving moonbat, but anyone who could write After the Gold Rush deserves a lot of room.
see 487 i am working with steve on this as we speak ;)
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Archimedes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:47:01pm |
re: #467 funky chicken
Southern Man
And his voice is pretty much nails on a blackboard
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:47:30pm |
re: #458 Dianna
Good evening!
Our guests have departed, well fed and happy.
My house is clean, including having a carpet cleaning service clean the stairs after a doggy accident.
How’s everything?
Good to see you Dianna.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:47:50pm |
re: #488 MrPaulRevere
Thanks for the video, Clapton was outstanding.
he was…his playing was better than ever, a major problem I have had with that guy…he elevated
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:47:52pm |
re: #492 albusteve
genius?….he merely copied Gram Parsons and mixed it with Bob Dylan…I think not…sorry
Whatever. I would merely say he was influenced by both - and of course, Dylan rips off everyone going - and then said what he wished to say.
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lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:47:54pm |
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:48:39pm |
re: #408 OldLineTexan Yep. I don’t like - and never have liked Neil’s politics, but he has probably written more good lyrics than anyone except Bob Dylan - at least in my lifetime.
AND I LOVE the fact that he still rocks on even though he’s only 8 months older than I am and has done several TONS more dope than I ever did!
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:48:45pm |
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BaseballMom57 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:49:03pm |
re: #386 Sharmuta
And I always love Dr Dre in his videos- he’s a great straight man.
I agree about Dre.
My favorite is Lose Yourself. I was surprised at how much I liked the movie 8 Mile. It was a world I knew nothing about, and I couldn’t stop watching it.
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:49:28pm |
re: #496 jaunte
And not the good kind of crazy.
For sure. Gets even crazier when you them feed of the denial. It’s like they’re empowered or something by the revelations of the Nazi associations. They even seem to have networked over this and created new alliances vis a vi the Nazis.
Weird.
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Dianna Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:49:44pm |
re: #501 realwest
Yep. I don’t like - and never have liked Neil’s politics, but he has probably written more good lyrics than anyone except Bob Dylan - at least in my lifetime.
AND I LOVE the fact that he still rocks on even though he’s only 8 months older than I am and has done several TONS more dope than I ever did!
Neither one comes close to either Leonard Cohen or Townes Van Zant.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:49:50pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:50:06pm |
re: #482 NY Nana
I will go back to the J Post and also look at Ha’aretz….but I found one on a different subject that sounds more like him on YNet and another one from Arutz Sheva….
It sounds like Haaretz might have misinterpreted - figures:
The FM told the newspaper he does not believe Israel can tackle the Iranian nuclear threat on its own. “The most effective way (to curtail Tehran’s nuclear program) is to impose very harsh sanctions. The UN’s resolutions are insufficient. This method worked with Libya. Iran must be isolated.
That is different from saying that Israel won’t attack if they have to.
This is from this article
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irongrampa Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:50:11pm |
re: #288 realwest
When America ceases to produce men and women such as these, the country will truly cease to exist.
Until that time, she will persevere.
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CyanSnowHawk Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:50:12pm |
re: #483 realwest
Oh yeah, he’s a real Wild Bill Hickock ok - how the fuck do you shoot yourself in the thigh?! Who carries a pistol loose in their pants pocket?
YES - Plaxico “Dead Eye” Burris. Asshole.
He missed that part.
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:50:39pm |
re: #503 BaseballMom57
I agree about Dre.
My favorite is Lose Yourself. I was surprised at how much I liked the movie 8 Mile. It was a world I knew nothing about, and I couldn’t stop watching it.
I wish I could ding you 100 times! I LOVE that song- very inspirational. And I do was surprised by how much I enjoyed 8 Mile. It gave me a new appreciation for his style.
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Archimedes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:50:46pm |
This singer freaks me out. Honestly, I’d not seen this until recently.
Focus- Hocus Pocus
Remind you of Primus a bit?
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:51:00pm |
re: #471 realwest
Safe for another year?! What? Two different 1,000 yard rushers, and had good ole Plaxico hadn’t shot himself in the leg well then Eli woulda had TWO receivers to go deep - but that’s why I liked our draft so far! Got a sneaky 3rd pick at Left Outside tackel, too!
Oh, go ahead and rub it in RW.
We do enjoy dropping an occasional turd in the Giants punch bowl though…lol
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jaunte Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:51:55pm |
re: #504 Gus 802
They’ve decided to stay the course, and hang together.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:52:47pm |
re: #499 Dianna
Whatever. I would merely say he was influenced by both - and of course, Dylan rips off everyone going - and then said what he wished to say.
Dylan took some tips from Woody Guthrie then started a whole new thing…he didn’t rip off anyone…the anthology is all there if your really interested
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:52:51pm |
re: #507 Kosh’s Shadow
That is different from saying that Israel won’t attack if they have to.
This is from this article
One more from Arutz Sheva:
Foreign Minister Lieberman also downplayed the chances of Israel carrying out a military attack on Iran to halt or destroy its nuclear program. “The most effective way is to impose very harsh sanctions. “We are not talking about a military strike. Israel cannot solve a global problem militarily.”
Again, it doesn’t seem to be ruling out military action, just saying that it might not be the best option.
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NY Nana Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:52:54pm |
re: #440 Kosh’s Shadow
The J Post has the same article…I washed my hands after reading Ha’aretz on line…it is the home of Amira Hass, and also Israel’s NYT…..feh.
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:53:11pm |
re: #483 realwest
Oh yeah, he’s a real Wild Bill Hickock ok - how the fuck do you shoot yourself in the thigh?! Who carries a pistol loose in their pants pocket?
YES - Plaxico “Dead Eye” Burris. Asshole.
Add insult to injury…the NYPD caught the shooter and booked his ass…lmao
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:53:21pm |
re: #514 jaunte
They’ve decided to stay the course, and hang together.
They have. This won’t be the end of it. They’re going to get hammered on this in the long run and they deserve what they’re going to get.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:53:27pm |
re: #443 OldLineTexan
helped
Actually, no.
Here’s the reality: The state I live in has been absolutely rock-solid Democrat territory for generations. We had a Repub gov for one term, that was it.
I voted for Bush in 2004 because I thought it was the right thing to do, though it brought Bush not one iota of advantage as far as the Electoral College is concerned. I blasted Bush when he was wrong and supported him when he was right, and nearly got disowned by my moonbat family for my pains.
I’ve disliked McCain for years, and Palin was - for me - an insult to the American voter. “Let’s see if I can pander to the worst elements of the GOP, because I’m a maverick, my poll numbers suck, and what the hell, she winked at me in our first interview - the old guy almost stood at attention.” It was a paltry move by a goofy old man, and it backfired BIG TIME.
And so I held my nose and voted for Obama. And I’ll be darned if I can see where all the screeching and shouting about “tyranny” and “we’re all gonna lose our guns/rights/minds/fortunes” is coming from, except that Beck and Coulter and Rush and Ron Paul and Alex Jones and all the other opportunistic shriekers are stirring the shit for all they’re worth and cleaning up in the process. I have zero respect for that.
And if I’m wrong I’ll eat that tricorne with mustard on it. But unless the right goes completely insane and starts a civil war, I’m betting my life, my property and my sacred honor that America will still be America in four or eight years, and we’ll get a new set of opportunists to screw us from the other end for a while.
Cynical? You betcha. I’m older than dirt and I’ve been on the merry-go-round for more years than Noah spent days and nights on the ark.
I’m a fan of Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, John le Carré and Rabelais, and you can’t read those guys for long and not realize that we’re on a swinging pendulum circling a circus of clowns and mountebanks, with nothing but ships full of fools on the horizon, and only our humor to keep us from falling into Poe’s pit.
To conclude, a poem:
Be Angry At The Sun
Robinson JeffersThat public men publish falsehoods
Is nothing new. That America must accept
Like the historical republics corruption and empire
Has been known for years.Be angry at the sun for setting
If these things anger you. Watch the wheel slope and turn,
They are all bound on the wheel, these people, those warriors.
This republic, Europe, Asia.Observe them gesticulating,
Observe them going down. The gang serves lies, the passionate
Man plays his part; the cold passion for truth
Hunts in no pack.You are not Catullus, you know,
To lampoon these crude sketches of Caesar. You are far
From Dante’s feet, but even farther from his dirty
Political hatreds.Let boys want pleasure, and men
Struggle for power, and women perhaps for fame,
And the servile to serve a Leader and the dupes to be duped.
Yours is not theirs.
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Archimedes Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:53:41pm |
Another great Candian band, with a very American theme:
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Sharmuta Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:54:08pm |
For the Eminem septics, here is Lose Yourself. Actually a pretty good song with a positive message of going for the Brass Ring.
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jorline Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:55:54pm |
re: #502 Dianna
Good to see you. How’s everything? Are you sleeping?
Just looks that way…I’m resting my face on the keyboard. ;)
/
Ambian takes care of the sleep now days.
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:56:22pm |
re: #520 Cato the Elder
Good for you, and OK by me to be cynical.
However, if the “guns” thing eludes you, I can only assume you were asleep or out of the country from approximately 1991 to 2004.
a bitter clinger
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:56:28pm |
re: #522 Gus 802
Ray Charles - I Got a Woman
[Video]
saw him twice but with smaller bands…awsome man….he was all stripped down R/B both times…
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:56:33pm |
re: #439 jorline Well that’s certainly one of Eric’s best, if maybe not THE best! Great great song and playing!
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Randall Gross Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:57:41pm |
Apparently it’s not just Filip DeWinter coming, it’s also Phillip Claeys and “several hundred Flemish Nationalists..”
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Gus Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:57:50pm |
re: #527 albusteve
saw him twice but with smaller bands…awsome man….he was all stripped down R/B both times…
Nice. He was and always will be one of the best.
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NY Nana Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:59:33pm |
re: #507 Kosh’s Shadow
That is different from saying that Israel won’t attack if they have to.
This is from this article
Take a look at this…and watch your blood pressure.! I am not the least bit surprised.
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BignJames Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:00:00pm |
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:00:26pm |
Obama was a compliment to the American voter? Biden?
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OldLineTexan Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:00:56pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:04:15pm |
re: #531 NY Nana
Take a look at this…and watch your blood pressure.! I am not the least bit surprised.
She’s threatening that Israel won’t get support from the Arabs against Iran, like they’re getting such support now.
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:05:17pm |
re: #467 funky chicken
Southern Man
And his voice is pretty much nails on a blackboard
Well I’ll certainly give ya nails on a Chalkboard, but as for Southern Man, y’all gotta remember that Neil first wrote that song when Wallace was Gov of Alabama and the DEMOCRATS down here had all those Jim Crow laws.
Besides which, without Southern Man, we’d a never had:[Link: www.imeem.com…]
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leftover54 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:05:59pm |
I don’t get it…what are they singing ? A little audio would have been helpful, duh…
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BaseballMom57 Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:06:26pm |
re: #459 wee fury
I absolutely LOVE that song. The video is flipping hliarious. Walken is genius in it.
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:06:36pm |
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:07:47pm |
re: #476 Noam Sayin’
Hey thank you kindly Noam! Charlotte is warm tonight and was 91 during the day!
So I did my usual - laid out on a blanket under an airconditioner! LOL!
Didja get a chance to ride your scooter?
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:09:52pm |
re: #486 Dianna
AMEN to that {Dianna} That album is one of my 10 to take to a desert Island (that has power and a killer stereo system!)!
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:11:01pm |
re: #525 OldLineTexan
Good for you, and OK by me to be cynical.
However, if the “guns” thing eludes you, I can only assume you were asleep or out of the country from approximately 1991 to 2004.
a bitter clinger
Thanks, my friend.
As for the guns thing: I started my collection during those years. What was the upshot? I bought everything my little heart desired, all legally. The hi-cap mag restrictions weren’t retroactive, and there were plenty still on the market. And then those laws got repealed. Same for “scary” and “ugly” guns. I know the media can’t tell its ass from its mouth when it comes to firearms, I hear them all the time saying “it was a semi-automatic weapon” as if that were particularly frightening. But it doesn’t work. I live within an hour’s drive from DC and everything I own is straight-up legal and secured at my expense in a full-size Wells Fargo safe against would-be “borrowers”. Sure, you can’t by ammo right now for love or money, but that’s because the whackaloons are in full-on panic mode, as though we haven’t been there before.
Thing about pendulums is, they swing back and forth but the path they describe, absent outside impetus, actually gets smaller with time and eventually reaches stasis.
So fear not. You may hate Obama and I may despise Palin, but neither one of them is going to define America. America is what it is, a big-ass ball of contradictions and possibilities, and that’s kinda how I like it.
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Lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:11:58pm |
re: #520 Cato the Elder
The only “screaming” you’ll hear is at the wack-sites that you must deliberately seek out.
Most conservatives I know would be glad to explain, in very soft tones if necessary, how Obama is aiming to remake our system of Government into one that more closely meets his under-graduate brain’s idea of what works.
Pretending that all opposition to a massive overhaul of our economic system is somehow “reactionary” points out how fearful people are of actually looking at the likely results.
Read his books (I ‘m not sure if you have or not, but you don’t seem to have gotten the central message of either one of them), look at what he wants to do, look at what he has done, and look at where you think that will lead.
Do you really think that imaginary money and kisses on the cheek to dictators will solve our economic and defense woes?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:12:56pm |
re: #543 Cato the Elder
Thanks, my friend.
As for the guns thing: I started my collection during those years. What was the upshot? I bought everything my little heart desired, all legally. The hi-cap mag restrictions weren’t retroactive, and there were plenty still on the market. And then those laws got repealed. Same for “scary” and “ugly” guns. I know the media can’t tell its ass from its mouth when it comes to firearms, I hear them all the time saying “it was a semi-automatic weapon” as if that were particularly frightening. But it doesn’t work. I live within an hour’s drive from DC and everything I own is straight-up legal and secured at my expense in a full-size Wells Fargo safe against would-be “borrowers”. Sure, you can’t by ammo right now for love or money, but that’s because the whackaloons are in full-on panic mode, as though we haven’t been there before.
Thing about pendulums is, they swing back and forth but the path they describe, absent outside impetus, actually gets smaller with time and eventually reaches stasis.
So fear not. You may hate Obama and I may despise Palin, but neither one of them is going to define America. America is what it is, a big-ass ball of contradictions and possibilities, and that’s kinda how I like it.
well said and I feel a tad better reading that last part…thanks for that
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NY Nana Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:12:59pm |
re: #536 Kosh’s Shadow
She’s threatening that Israel won’t get support from the Arabs against Iran, like they’re getting such support now.
Off hand? I cannot think of one friend of Israel in Hussein’s gang…and Rahm Emanuel? I was dumb enough to expect him to be on Israel’s side.
/With ‘friends’ like Shrillary?
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LC LaWedgie Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:13:40pm |
For those who can relate:
Throughout the 60’s and 70’s, KOMA was the favorite of teens all across the western US. With the big 50,000-watt signal and the relatively few rock-n-roll radio stations across the plains, KOMA was the main station for the hits. KOMA (along with handful of other legendary stations including 890 WLS, Chicago; 1090 KAAY, Little Rock; 1060 WNOE, New Orleans; 770 WABC, New York; 800 CKLW, Windsor/Detroit; and 1100 WKYC, Cleveland) could be heard on car radios, in homes, and everywhere a kid could tune in. Often teens in New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other western states would eagerly await sunset when the mighty 1520 would come booming through with the newest hits of the day. They would sit in their cars on hilltops, turn it up at parties, or fall asleep with the radio next to their beds as they listened to Chuck Berry, the Supremes, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and the Beatles. Soldiers in Viet Nam even reported tuning in KOMA to give them a little feeling of being back home.
Led through the 60’s by Program Directors Dean Johnson, Dale Wehba, and Perry Murphy, some of the best-remembered DJ’s spun the hits each day and night. Charlie Tuna, Dale Wehba, Don McGregor, Paul Miller, John David, Chuck Dann, J. Michael Wilson, Johnny Dark, Buddy Scott, John Ravencroft, and many others were among those who played the hits from the studios in Moore, Oklahoma. And everyone remembers “Yours Truly KOMA” and the “kissing tone.” This was definitely an era where radio was fun. It was more than just the music. It was a magical blend of personality, jingles, contests, and fun mixed with the greatest music that defined the era and continues to live today.
These were considered by many to be the best years of radio. And for baby boomers across the western US, KOMA was king.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:16:20pm |
re: #544 Lincolntf
The only “screaming” you’ll hear is at the wack-sites that you must deliberately seek out.
Most conservatives I know would be glad to explain, in very soft tones if necessary, how Obama is aiming to remake our system of Government into one that more closely meets his under-graduate brain’s idea of what works.
Pretending that all opposition to a massive overhaul of our economic system is somehow “reactionary” points out how fearful people are of actually looking at the likely results.
Read his books (I ‘m not sure if you have or not, but you don’t seem to have gotten the central message of either one of them), look at what he wants to do, look at what he has done, and look at where you think that will lead.
Do you really think that imaginary money and kisses on the cheek to dictators will solve our economic and defense woes?
Like I said, I’ve got a date with my imaginary girlfriend, and this is getting repetitive.
I’m just curious, though, why you think the word “government” deserves a capital G. I’ll read your reply tomorrow.
Bon nuit!
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:17:53pm |
re: #520 Cato the Elder
Well it’s too late for a discussion on this, but I will agree you’ve got great literary tastes and note that you never answered my question to you at #375.
And I’m older than you are!
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Throbert McGee Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:18:03pm |
re: #281 Occasional Reader
Ran! Good flick.
Upding for making me flashback to my days as an editor at Dell Crosswords — I was introduced to the Kurosawa movie, and motivated to rent it, by seeing it used in crossword puzzles as a “harder” clue for RAN.
(“Harder” compared with defining RAN as Sprinted or Aped a cheetah or whatever.)
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realwest Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:21:17pm |
Well y’all it’s been fun but I gotta get some sleep here.
I hope you all have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road.
Good night, all.
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Lincolntf Sat, Apr 25, 2009 10:21:55pm |
re: #549 Cato the Elder
I capitalize as appropriate. Sometimes Government gets the cap, sometimes it doesn’t. Tricky language, this English.
(If I screwed up the capitalization of something somewhere, I take full responsibility and will whip myself with wet noodles if necessary)
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benk Mon, Apr 27, 2009 2:42:38am |
Awesome pics
re: #531 NY Nana
The Obama admin has slowly been turning against Israel and this is just more proof of that.
With that said, the Israeli govt. concerns me a bit with the FM first saying there is no chance of peace with Syria and then saying he’d talk with Syria “tonight” and the same flip flopping in regards to Iran and the “peace process.”
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