The first crystal clear images from the high resolution cameras on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have been released, showing an area near the Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds): NASA - LRO’s First Moon Images.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:43:14pm |
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:47:08pm |
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin; July 20th 1969
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hans ze beeman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:48:17pm |
Any signs of lunar warming yet? It would be interesting to see lunatics demonstrate against it
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kynna Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:48:50pm |
Cool!
Except, that shadow from Paul Begala's giant head gets in the way a bit.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:48:53pm |
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lawhawk Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:50:05pm |
This month, it's 40 years since we landed men on the moon. 37 years since the last men walked on the moon.
We can't get back there soon enough.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:50:07pm |
re: #9 NonNativeTexan
Been there, done that....
agreed...time to see if we can get some hu-mons into...like..San Fransisco
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:51:14pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:51:20pm |
re: #18 lawhawk
This month, it's 40 years since we landed men on the moon. 37 years since the last men walked on the moon.
We can't get back there soon enough.
think of it...2mi field goals
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:52:31pm |
re: #20 MandyManners
My daughter has a whole AH thang going on when she puts her hair up and puts on those large sunglasses.
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lostlakehiker Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:52:43pm |
That place has been so blasted by meteors it's a moonscape.
No life there. We should be exploring Mars, where recent studies have now confirmed that there was once an H20 lake of liquid water on the surface, a lake the size of lake Erie.
Science has a guess that liquid water plus sunshine is a good place for life to start. This would be spectacularly confirmed if we found fossil evidence of life on Mars, and it would be beyond spectacular if we found currently viable specimens, waiting their chance as some organisms on earth have successfully waited out intervals of hundreds of thousands of years.
We might even find ongoing life on Mars.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:53:36pm |
re: #23 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My daughter has a whole AH thang going on when she puts her hair up and puts on those large sunglasses.
Got a big stick to beat back the boys?
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lawhawk Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:54:49pm |
re: #24 lostlakehiker
We should go back to the moon since it's a stepping stone to Mars; not only does it mean that you can reduce the heavy lifting to get the launcher and Mars mission vehicles into space, but you can get those astronauts accustomed to long duration spaceflight.
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Kosh's Shadow Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:57:40pm |
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:58:09pm |
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hans ze beeman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:58:23pm |
re: #27 lawhawk
And maybe this would also enhance the popularity of Zappa's daughter's first name, Moon Unit
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:59:02pm |
re: #23 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My daughter has a whole AH thang going on when she puts her hair up and puts on those large sunglasses.
My daughter loves that look, too. She's petite but not quite as thin as AH. It's just a very simple, classy style.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:59:04pm |
"To the moon, Alice"
~ Ralph Kramden ... circa 1952
The man had vision!
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:59:24pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Sun, Jul 5, 2009 2:59:27pm |
re: #32 hans ze beeman
And maybe this would also enhance the popularity of Zappa's daughter's first name, Moon Unit
Gag me with a spoon, fer sure.
Like, the moon's groady to tha max.
/Valley girl mode off
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Kosh's Shadow Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:00:21pm |
re: #34 _RememberTonyC
"To the moon, Alice"
~ Ralph Kramden ... circa 1952
The man had vision!
See my 28.
GMTA
(Did you see the Futurama where the amusement park on the moon credited the lunar program to Ralph Kramden?)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:00:27pm |
re: #33 doppelganglander
Took a pair of daughters jeans out of dryer yesterday. Since they were inside out, I stuck my am down into one of the legs to right them...could barely get my arm through the leg holes.
Girl needs a sammich!
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Kosh's Shadow Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:01:46pm |
re: #37 Iron Fist
We should have claimed the moon while we were there, and we should have had permanent facilities there before now. It would have made an interesting replacement for NORAD. Not only could the facility have been hardened and underground, it's near unreachability would have given any enemy pause to consider attacking it.
Oh, the Left would whine about "militarizing space", but I say damned straight! Better that we militarize space than the Chinese, and then we have to play catch up.
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:02:12pm |
How about some Police - Walking on the Moon
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Dar ul Harbarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:02:37pm |
I am selling real estate there if you would like a great Earth-view lot!
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:02:42pm |
re: #38 Kosh's Shadow
See my 28.
GMTA
(Did you see the Futurama where the amusement park on the moon credited the lunar program to Ralph Kramden?)
LOL ... How did I miss your post? And while I didn't see the Futurama episode, I have to agree with it :)
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Shr_Nfr Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:03:39pm |
re: #27 lawhawk
Manned flight to Mars may be somewhat delayed with the extended solar magnetic minimum going on. Putting enough protection in place is tough enough in good times. We are going through the roof on cosmic ray counts these days: [Link: cosmicrays.oulu.fi...] with an anticipated quiet solar maximum. Can you say Dalton minimum? Maybe.
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:04:31pm |
re: #38 Kosh's Shadow
See my 28.
GMTA
(Did you see the Futurama where the amusement park on the moon credited the lunar program to Ralph Kramden?)
We're whalers on the moon, We carry a harpoon. But there ain't no whales So we tell tall tales And sing our whaling tune!
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Shr_Nfr Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:05:08pm |
re: #44 Dar ul Harbarian
I am selling real estate there if you would like a great Earth-view lot!
Only if I can relocate certain politicians there without the benefit of a spacesuit.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:05:32pm |
by the way .... the leaders of iran must be thanking allah that Michael Jackson died. Because our "worse than useless" media has totally ignored the events in iran in favor of a story that is utterly unimportant.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:06:45pm |
Really incredible! Hopefully it will help keep kinds interested in space exploration too- this is exactly the sort of thing that piques their interests.
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Racer X Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:07:03pm |
Posted this yesterday:
Russian spacecraft landed on moon hours before Americans
The "landing" did not go well.
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_RememberTonyC Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:08:49pm |
re: #51 buzzsawmonkey
Utterly important? How can you say that? Both Michael Jackson and the prospect of Iranian freedom are still dead!
/moral equivalence machine off
did you hear this? [Link: www.foxnews.com...]
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:08:59pm |
re: #9 NonNativeTexan
Been there, done that....
/walk on the moon, punch a troofer, end up with Snoop Dogg
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dmandman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:15:49pm |
re: #56 Iron Fist
But nowadays even the large mainframe computers require very little special handling....connecting and power are the costly peices (security and stability are implied within that). I can put a very large mainframe and DASD array that would take up floors in an office building in a single room with just extra blowers.
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unrealizedviewpoint Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:17:47pm |
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zombie Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:18:08pm |
High Res Photos from the Moon
Whew -- that's a relief. I thought it was a close-up of Henry Waxman's nostril.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:18:55pm |
re: #52 Racer X
Posted this yesterday:
Russian spacecraft landed on moon hours before AmericansThe "landing" did not go well.
The only "news" here is the release of the tapes from Jodrell Bank. The article is clearly inviting false inferences, that the Russians actually got there first, however imperfectly. In fact, almost twenty spacecraft, American and Soviet both, had landed on the Moon before Apollo 11.
As I mentioned last night, The failed Luna 15 mission is well known and was widely documented at the time. This was not "an attempt to beat the Americans to the Moon," since many unmanned probes had already landed on the Moon one way or another. Luna 15 was a sample return mission, intended to return the first lunar samples to Earth just ahead of Apollo.
The first human manufactured object to hit the Moon was the Soviet Luna 2 on September 12th, 1959, almost 10 full years before Apollo 11. Three US Ranger probes crashed into the Moon in 1964 and 1965, as they were designed to do, and five Surveyor series probes soft-landed on the Moon in 1966-68. Several earlier Luna probes had soft-landed starting in 1966.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:24:31pm |
re: #61 Shiplord Kirel
In fact, Apollo 12 landed near Surveyor 3 and the astronauts retrieved its camera and several other parts for return to Earth.
Astronaut Alan Bean standing next to Surveyor 3 with the LM in the background. Surveyor had been sitting in that spot for over 2 years. I always thought this was a very cool picture.
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chukardog Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:25:37pm |
Where's the Tyco Monolith? "My God It's full of stars!"
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Achilles Tang Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:26:19pm |
re: #63 Shiplord Kirel
In fact, Apollo 12 landed near Surveyor 3 and the astronauts retrieved its camera and several other parts for return to Earth.
Astronaut Alan Bean standing next to Surveyor 3 with the LM in the background. Surveyor had been sitting in that spot for over 2 years. I always thought this was a very cool picture.
That is a cool piece of information, nowhere to be found in my memory banks.
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:26:51pm |
Another nifty pic: Surveyor 3's camera at the National Air and Space Museum.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:28:32pm |
the moon is a harsh mistress....kinetic moon rocks?
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:33:11pm |
TOTUS in Russia tomorrow.
/hope he brings a box to put his ass in when it gets handed to him
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:33:28pm |
Hey, I can see the image of a face, or at least of a left ear, just below the patch of dark on the left.
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Achilles Tang Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:34:07pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:34:16pm |
if stored properly, carrots will last indefinately
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:35:50pm |
re: #70 Naso Tang
Actually, that should be "sound".
< pedantically >
no Rolling Stones out there?...
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Gella Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:36:23pm |
re: #68 Killian Bundy
TOTUS in Russia tomorrow.
/hope he brings a box to put his ass in when it gets handed to him
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:37:57pm |
a burro can subside in the harshest desert climate, eating virtually anything that grows and maintain superior health
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:38:13pm |
re: #64 chukardog
Where's the Tyco Monolith? "My God It's full of stars!"
Sadly, it's the wrong moon, at least for the second monolith that you're speaking of. In 1981 when one of the Voyager probes flew by Saturn, the first close-up photographs of Iapetus were taken. One of the images of the brighter hemisphere showed a large patch of white with a dot in the middle. Carl Sagan picked up the photograph and sent a copy to Arthur C. Clarke with "thinking of you..." written on it.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:40:55pm |
New Mexico is the fifth biggest state in the Union....discuss
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:42:36pm |
re: #76 albusteve
New Mexico is the fifth biggest state in the Union....discuss
It's 36th by population, 5th by area....er back to you.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:43:11pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:44:08pm |
re: #80 taxfreekiller
New Mexico has ACORN votes crooks in a much higher percentage than Obama's home state.
Registering illegals?
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:44:50pm |
re: #77 John Neverbend
It's 36th by population, 5th by area....er back to you.
we have the largest Native population in America...top that!
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:45:38pm |
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pat Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:45:48pm |
Michelle Obama will teach Russian peasants fashion sense.
/like she did in London with a yellow cloth snake accenting a huge butt enhancing pants suit
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:46:37pm |
re: #80 taxfreekiller
New Mexico has ACORN votes crooks in a much higher percentage than Obama's home state.
targets...I'm on it
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:47:45pm |
re: #76 albusteve
Oklahoma is next to the largest state in the lower 48.
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SixDegrees Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:48:43pm |
re: #24 lostlakehiker
That place has been so blasted by meteors it's a moonscape.
No life there. We should be exploring Mars, where recent studies have now confirmed that there was once an H20 lake of liquid water on the surface, a lake the size of lake Erie.
Science has a guess that liquid water plus sunshine is a good place for life to start. This would be spectacularly confirmed if we found fossil evidence of life on Mars, and it would be beyond spectacular if we found currently viable specimens, waiting their chance as some organisms on earth have successfully waited out intervals of hundreds of thousands of years.
We might even find ongoing life on Mars.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict that there isn't currently any life on Mars. This is based on the observation that we haven't seen any yet, and everything we know about life on this planet shows that it radiates and spreads into every available nook and cranny with a vengeance. It is extremely difficult to find anywhere on earth where life isn't present in abundance, from the deepest ocean depths to the highest mountain tops, from superheated geysers to the interior of Antarctic rocks. A planet without life everywhere is most likely a planet without life anywhere.
A similar argument can be made for now-extinct past life. No catastrophe in earth's long history seems to have ever posed a serious threat to life's existence. If there is no life on Mars now, there probably never was.
It would be interesting to keep looking, of course. The next step should be to focus on regions where it is known that water once existed and where sedimentation favored the creation of fossils, which would effectively sample a large swath of past history at once. But I am not hopeful that we will find anything.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:48:49pm |
re: #84 buzzsawmonkey
How's that Hopi and Change thing working out for you?
I preZuni you're talking the the stimulus?
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:49:55pm |
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:49:55pm |
re: #95 buzzsawmonkey
Yes. Has it helped any unemployed Utes?
I haida that you guys made this a pun thread :P
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reine.de.tout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:49:56pm |
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dmandman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:50:10pm |
Since we are doing state trivia....If you take off from Detriot City Airport (without getting shot down), what is the the first foreign country's border do you cross?
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jamgarr Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:51:17pm |
re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oklahoma is next to the largest state in the lower 48.
Is that where the old pick-up line came from?:
If I said you have a huge state would you hold it against me?
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pat Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:51:25pm |
There is how ever life on moon.
[Link: www.sciencedaily.com...]
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SixDegrees Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:51:51pm |
re: #90 taxfreekiller
New Mexico's reservation life is an example of how Obama's 50 state reservation will be like.
Not really. The reservations are technically sovereign nations, independent of the United States and under their own rule.
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chukardog Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:52:26pm |
Sadly, it's the wrong moon, at least for the second monolith that you're speaking of. In 1981 when one of the Voyager probes flew by Saturn, the first close-up photographs of Iapetus were taken. One of the images of the brighter hemisphere showed a large patch of white with a dot in the middle. Carl Sagan picked up the photograph and sent a copy to Arthur C. Clarke with "thinking of you..." written on it.
Huh? The Tycho Monolith in Arthur C Clarke's book was unearthed on OUR moon, because it was emitting a magnetic field or some such. Not sure what you're trying to say, maybe I'm just slow on the uptake.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:52:52pm |
re: #95 buzzsawmonkey
Yes. Has it helped any unemployed Utes?
They're all up the Creek without a paddle.
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brookly red Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:53:12pm |
re: #99 dmandman
Since we are doing state trivia....If you take off from Detriot City Airport (without getting shot down), what is the the first foreign country's border do you cross?
What direction are you flying?
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ladycatnip Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:53:16pm |
ABC has piece on the possibility The One might bypass senate ratification on treaty.
MOSCOW -- With the clock running out on a new US-Russian arms treaty before the previous Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, expires on December 5, a senior White House official said Sunday said that the difficulty of the task might mean temporarily bypassing the Senate’s constitutional role in ratifying treaties by enforcing certain aspects of a new deal on an executive levels and a “provisional basis” until the Senate ratifies the treaty.
Gosh, I thot The One had the House and Senate all zipped up, so why on earth would he need to temporarily bypass the Senate when they're in his hip pocket?
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dmandman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:53:40pm |
re: #104 Fenway_Nation
Canada ...is correct. You would skip Dearbornstan completely and re-enter the US just north of Toledo.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:53:49pm |
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:53:54pm |
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:54:16pm |
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brookly red Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:54:48pm |
re: #108 ladycatnip
ABC has piece on the possibility The One might bypass senate ratification on treaty.
Gosh, I thot The One had the House and Senate all zipped up, so why on earth would he need to temporarily bypass the Senate when they're in his hip pocket?
cause he can.
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SixDegrees Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:54:54pm |
re: #105 chukardog
Huh? The Tycho Monolith in Arthur C Clarke's book was unearthed on OUR moon, because it was emitting a magnetic field or some such. Not sure what you're trying to say, maybe I'm just slow on the uptake.
True. But it wasn't the one that was "full of stars." That was the one around Saturn/Jupiter.
Saturn in the book. Jupiter in the movie, because Kubrick - although breaking incredible new ground in special effects for the movie - just wasn't happy with the way the rings looked using any of the techniques tried, so there was a change of venue to keep the film as visually realistic as possible.
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:55:40pm |
re: #83 IslandLibertarian
I think the Discovery Institute should start proposing that their Intelligent Designer was in fact a large black monolith.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:55:56pm |
re: #112 Iron Fist
I hear that they're a Chippewa of the old block....
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SixDegrees Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:56:51pm |
re: #108 ladycatnip
ABC has piece on the possibility The One might bypass senate ratification on treaty.
Gosh, I thot The One had the House and Senate all zipped up, so why on earth would he need to temporarily bypass the Senate when they're in his hip pocket?
I look forward to him trying this. The Senate may be run by the Democrats, but there is nothing that makes those Senators madder than having someone usurp their power. Try it, and there will be hell to pay for the remainder of 0's term in office.
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Kosh's Shadow Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:57:45pm |
re: #93 SixDegrees
I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict that there isn't currently any life on Mars. This is based on the observation that we haven't seen any yet, and everything we know about life on this planet shows that it radiates and spreads into every available nook and cranny with a vengeance. It is extremely difficult to find anywhere on earth where life isn't present in abundance, from the deepest ocean depths to the highest mountain tops, from superheated geysers to the interior of Antarctic rocks. A planet without life everywhere is most likely a planet without life anywhere.
A similar argument can be made for now-extinct past life. No catastrophe in earth's long history seems to have ever posed a serious threat to life's existence. If there is no life on Mars now, there probably never was.
It would be interesting to keep looking, of course. The next step should be to focus on regions where it is known that water once existed and where sedimentation favored the creation of fossils, which would effectively sample a large swath of past history at once. But I am not hopeful that we will find anything.
The conditions on the surface of Mars are not good, but life could exist underground. We've barely scratched the surface of Mars.
And we haven't looked for much in the way of organics that would indicate past life.
So by the fact that life has moved into all the suitable locations on Earth, it could have started on Mars, and either died out due to higher UV and other radiation, low water, low atmospheric pressure, or be surviving in somewhat shaded areas like caves that we haven't been able to explore.
We wouldn't expect large life forms because that would take a fair amount of lower forms (plants, etc) to feed them.
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 3:58:21pm |
re: #105 chukardog
Huh? The Tycho Monolith in Arthur C Clarke's book was unearthed on OUR moon, because it was emitting a magnetic field or some such. Not sure what you're trying to say, maybe I'm just slow on the uptake.
The monolith that was "full of stars" was the second monolith on the surface of Saturn's moon Iapetus, not the one that was dug up on the moon.
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:00:07pm |
re: #118 buzzsawmonkey
The monolith is irreducibly complex.
And it "adds information" (whatever that means).
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:03:27pm |
the federal govt owes various Native tribes the Black Hills...have you ever been there?....the money offered after the broken treaty is over 700 million and the Sioux won't take it no matter what....how can this be resolved?....should BO apologize?...did he and I missed it?...a trillion here and a trillion there...ho hum...
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Eclectic Infidel Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:03:33pm |
re: #14 kynna
Cool!
Except, that shadow from Paul Begala's giant head gets in the way a bit.
Could be Blagojevich's hair too.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:04:33pm |
Ugh, my lgf connection issues are back again
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:05:10pm |
re: #118 buzzsawmonkey
The monolith is irreducibly complex.
I am the Lord thy Monolith. Thou shalt not have any other monoliths before Me!
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:10:58pm |
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aaron's rantblog Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:11:09pm |
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:11:17pm |
re: #126 Iron Fist
Clinton did it to a degree by signing Kyoto and never submitting it to the Senate.
That's right. The Senate voted 95-0 against signing, before Clinton actually went and signed it. In other words, he ignored the Senate's advice, but of course he couldn't submit it for ratification.
Resolution 98 mandates the US not to sign any agreement which would limit greenhouse gas emissions within the same compliance period as the current Kyoto Protocol, i.e. nothing should be signed that could take effect until after 2012, unless the 95-0 resolution is reversed.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:13:49pm |
re: #132 buzzsawmonkey
...and sculptures.
Native Americans are mostly sculptures now...granite here, bronze there
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:13:50pm |
How many of you thought we would be traveling to Mars by now?
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:16:24pm |
re: #137 Bobblehead
How many of you thought we would be traveling to Mars by now?
No Mars missions 'til we get our flying cars!
/or gas ration cards...............
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:16:30pm |
re: #138 buzzsawmonkey
I understand it is the only place to get really good Mars-ipan.
Or decent bars of chocolate.
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Mr. E. Train Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:17:14pm |
One of the few things I think the Gov. should be 'investing' in is a space elevatore. 20 to 30 $billion would do it. Would eventually bring the cost of putting a pound into orbing from $10,000 to $10 or $8. Infrastructure is one of the few ligitimate jobs of the Federal Gub'mit and this would put into place a specie's changing infrastructure project.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:17:17pm |
Update on my earlier post here......
War-loving neocons boo anti-war libertarian at Tea Party
Here's the problem; The Tea Party leadership and the attendees are not on the same page. Normal conservatives are attending events organized by Paulians and Libertarian nuts. I think that's why the parties were much smaller this time and received little or no attention even from the nutcases at FOX. The people who show up to these events have to be very confused by some of the speeches and other attendees. It's starting to look like the party's over.
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ladycatnip Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:17:35pm |
Instapundit has a comment on this as well.
July 5, 2009
ANOTHER “CRISIS” REQUIRING EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES! US-Russian Arms Negotiators “Under the Gun,” Might Temporarily Bypass Senate Ratification for Treaty.
Here’s a hint — if you bypass Senate ratification, it’s not a treaty.
UPDATE: On reflection, that’s excessively snarky. A President can, of course, abide by a treaty even if it’s not ratified, so long as he’s not asserting any binding effect on parties not under his supervision, which is likely the case here. Still, it’s of a piece with the “it’s a rush, we don’t have time for the formalities” approach that this Administration has favored.
I agree with Reynold's snarky comment - they've already admitted to never letting a crisis go to waste - so, what the heck, let's just create one!
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:18:30pm |
re: #137 Bobblehead
How many of you thought we would be traveling to Mars by now?
We've been there many time already.
/as for humans, until you solve the radiation shielding problem, it's a nonstarter
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Mr. E. Train Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:18:37pm |
Dam it! Dogers are blowing a 6-1 lead in the bottom in the 9th, one out left! AAARRRRG!
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reine.de.tout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:19:46pm |
re: #143 Killgore Trout
Update on my earlier post here......
War-loving neocons boo anti-war libertarian at Tea Party[Video]
Here's the problem; The Tea Party leadership and the attendees are not on the same page. Normal conservatives are attending events organized by Paulians and Libertarian nuts. . . .
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:19:48pm |
re: #138 buzzsawmonkey
I understand it is the only place to get really good Mars-ipan.
Not to mention Mars-hmallows and mars-upials. Don't forget about Mars-ala wine.
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Mr. E. Train Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:20:00pm |
re: #145 Killian Bundy
With a space elevatore you have enough cheap lift that you could fit any space craft with its one nuke powered magnetic field.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:21:42pm |
Crazy Horse was murdered by the US govt...Black Kettle's wife and children were murdered by the US govt...then he was murdered later....Sitting Bull was murdered by the US govt...the US govt murdered thousands of Native American for no good reason...chew on that...these were real men and real people...gone by federal policy...killed by the politics of greed
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Mr. E. Train Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:23:47pm |
Oh thank G-d! Dogers win. Almost blew it at the very end, only saved by stupid base running. Good thing Im only listening to it and not watching it. Id probably blow a gasket.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:25:02pm |
re: #143 Killgore Trout
Update on my earlier post here......
War-loving neocons boo anti-war libertarian at Tea Party[Video]
Here's the problem; The Tea Party leadership and the attendees are not on the same page. Normal conservatives are attending events organized by Paulians and Libertarian nuts. I think that's why the parties were much smaller this time and received little or no attention even from the nutcases at FOX. The people who show up to these events have to be very confused by some of the speeches and other attendees. It's starting to look like the party's over.
we all know that...thanks...you were right all along you superstar...consider participating next time around
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:27:16pm |
re: #147 reine.de.tout
Saw that while I was lurking earlier. I know it's hard to believe but I can keep my mouth shut (sometimes) when it's the gracious thing to do.
I think it must be a pretty common sentiment though. I think it was the Tea Party in Memphis that had the anti-government militia "Oath Keepers" get on stage and promise to overthrow the government. I can't imagine what the "normal" people in the audience thought about that.
The Pics posted by Instapundit looked like crowds of a few hundred people tops, despite the captions saying thousands. There's another round of Tea Parties scheduled for 9-12 (it's a Glenn Beck thing). If those even happen I suspect they'll be the last.
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:27:35pm |
OT
Report: Saudis Give Nod to Israeli Strike on Iran
The head of Mossad, Israel's overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran's nuclear sites.
Iranian Clerics Declare Ahmadinejed Re-Election Illegitimate
An influential group of Iranian clerics took sides late Saturday, calling June's re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and by extension his government, illegitimate.
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Mr. E. Train Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:27:47pm |
Not to say that what the US govt did to the Indians was right or good but it must be remembered that all nations have blood on their hands. Throughout history all nations, peoples and tribes have slaughtered those that were considered enemies, potential enemies... or even those that were believed to be 'standing in their way'. Even the native Indian tibes/nations waged war and slaughtered each other over desirable land.
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:28:15pm |
OT: Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic:
Is Israel Safe for Jews?
Here's my interview with Michael Oren, the new Israeli ambassador to the U.S., at the Aspen Ideas Festival. I asked Michael various deep questions about the relationship between the Diaspora and Israel, Israel's morality, and so on. He did very well, according to the audience.
Video taken at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Worth to watch IMO.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:28:16pm |
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Killgore Trout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:29:31pm |
re: #150 Sharmuta
Posting from spy works ok. It's still slow to post but you don't get logged out every five minutes.
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Mr. E. Train Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:30:32pm |
Ah Crap! San Diego tied before that last out! 6-6 in extra innings. Being a Dodgers fan is just another way to turn my hair pre-mature gray.
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reine.de.tout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:30:58pm |
re: #155 Killgore Trout
Saw that while I was lurking earlier. I know it's hard to believe but I can keep my mouth shut (sometimes) when it's the gracious thing to do.
I think it must be a pretty common sentiment though. I think it was the Tea Party in Memphis that had the anti-government militia "Oath Keepers" get on stage and promise to overthrow the government. I can't imagine what the "normal" people in the audience thought about that.
The Pics posted by Instapundit looked like crowds of a few hundred people tops, despite the captions saying thousands. There's another round of Tea Parties scheduled for 9-12 (it's a Glenn Beck thing). If those even happen I suspect they'll be the last.
You have indeed been gracious to me.
Yes, I suspect they will get smaller and disappear completely.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:32:16pm |
re: #160 Killgore Trout
Uh...no thanks.
yeah it's easier to not vote then latch your pony to the winner, all the while criticizing the losers...you are not even in the game yet you tell people how to play it...
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:35:01pm |
Oh, and hey, coming in at a measly $504 million, the cost of the LRO/LCROSS mission is statistically insignificant compared to the tens of billions we've wasted on bailing out Chrysler, GM, and the UAW, and the LRO/LCROSS mission is infinitely more worthwhile.
/just sayin'
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:35:31pm |
Here's a light-hearted sketch, from the 1980s British comedy show, Not the Nine-O'Clock News.
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:36:48pm |
re: #165 albusteve
I'm still curious to know how many of those posting here are truly active in support of their chosen political party or candidates.
Armchair quarterbacks are a dime a dozen.
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:36:50pm |
re: #157 IslandLibertarian
OT
Report: Saudis Give Nod to Israeli Strike on Iran
The head of Mossad, Israel's overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran's nuclear sites.
I'm sure that the Saudis would quietly agree to this, but why on earth was it made public?
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yochanan Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:37:00pm |
re: #158 Mr. E. Train
INDIANS were used by the French to attack english speakers even before there were americans.
note the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
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J.D. Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:38:13pm |
Europe's free, state-run health care has drawbacks
..."I would warn Americans that once the government gets its nose into health care, it's hard to stop the dangerous effects later," said Valentin Petkantchin, of the Institut Economique Molinari in France. He said many private providers have been pushed out, forcing a dependence on an overstretched public system. ......Government influence in health care may also stifle innovation, other experts warn. Bureaucracies are slow to adopt new medical technologies. In Britain and Germany, even after new drugs are approved, access to them is complicated because independent agencies must decide if they are worth buying.
When the breast cancer drug Herceptin was proven to be effective in 1998, it was available almost immediately in the U.S. But it took another four years for the U.K. to start buying it for British breast cancer patients.
"Government control of health care is not a panacea," said Philip Stevens, of International Policy Network, a London think-tank. "The U.S. health system is a bit of a mess, but based on what's happened in some countries in Europe, I'd be nervous about recommending more government involvement."
Another week to fight "universal health care".
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TheMatrix31 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:39:03pm |
re: #157 IslandLibertarian
OT
Report: Saudis Give Nod to Israeli Strike on Iran
The head of Mossad, Israel's overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran's nuclear sites.
Iranian Clerics Declare Ahmadinejed Re-Election Illegitimate
An influential group of Iranian clerics took sides late Saturday, calling June's re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and by extension his government, illegitimate.
Those stories are on Fox News, so they must be lies!
/
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:39:48pm |
re: #168 IslandLibertarian
I'm still curious to know how many of those posting here are truly active in support of their chosen political party or candidates.
Armchair quarterbacks are a dime a dozen.
indeed...net heads sit back and lick the platter...all smoke and no fire...the rest of us work and do what we can to move ahead...I call them cello necks
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:40:36pm |
re: #173 TheMatrix31
Those stories are on Fox News, so they must be lies!
/
yeah, I'm just trying to carry the torch...........keep the sheeple fooled.........oh look............it's a Michael Jackson Special! ........mmmmm......donuts......
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:41:36pm |
re: #151 albusteve
Crazy Horse was murdered by the US govt...Black Kettle's wife and children were murdered by the US govt...then he was murdered later....Sitting Bull was murdered by the US govt...the US govt murdered thousands of Native American for no good reason...chew on that...these were real men and real people...gone by federal policy...killed by the politics of greed
Over a century ago.
/personally, I'd trade the past for the casino revenue
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yochanan Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:41:53pm |
FRANKLY i think the saudi leak was leaked by someone who doesn't want this attack to happen. not a support of the attack.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:42:29pm |
Hiya Lizards...Hope everyone had a wonderful day....
Since it rained like hell yesterday the fireworks start here in 2 hours...
I feel 24 hours out from the curve
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:42:42pm |
re: #176 buzzsawmonkey
A dime a dozen, sir? Have you any idea what a Barcalounger costs these days?
you'll please note, I was refering to the lard-ass, not the chair.........
/Stressless on my acquisition list
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:44:09pm |
re: #176 buzzsawmonkey
A dime a dozen, sir? Have you any idea what a Barcalounger costs these days?
Yeah, he could've couched that in better terms.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:45:23pm |
re: #177 Killian Bundy
Over a century ago.
/personally, I'd trade the past for the casino revenue
heh...you are probably right...the Black Hills money just sits there collecting interest...but these are some proud, uncompramising people I am speaking about...and for that alone I admire them...I have an affinity for Native Americans...time does seem to diminish priorities for white men...too bad
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:45:48pm |
re: #182 MandyManners
Yeah, he could've couched that in better terms.
OK, now just stop right there! I refuse to be the instigator of overstuffed puns!
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:46:05pm |
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:47:01pm |
re: #181 sngnsgt
Happy 5th of July!
Happy 5th to you...We went to the Club and watched the IRL race today then some friends called and said...Come on by and watch a Comedy...
It was called Marley and me and it wasn't a comedy....The frigging Dog dies at the end...We were all wiping tears from our eyes at the end...
Sucked bigtime... That's not a comedy
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:47:19pm |
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:47:19pm |
re: #186 buzzsawmonkey
Well, then, you ottoman-age your posts better.
OK, now you're just off your rocker!
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UncleRancher Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:47:34pm |
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yochanan Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:47:54pm |
[Link: www.frenchandindianwar.info...]
the Indian allies of the french in this war committed what we today would call war crimes it also created the ill will that English Americans felt toward the Indians later on.
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sngnsgt Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:48:08pm |
re: #188 HoosierHoops
Happy 5th to you...We went to the Club and watched the IRL race today then some friends called and said...Come on by and watch a Comedy...
It was called Marley and me and it wasn't a comedy....The frigging Dog dies at the end...We were all wiping tears from our eyes at the end...
Sucked bigtime... That's not a comedy
Mmmm, no, not even funny at all.
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:49:12pm |
re: #194 IslandLibertarian
Sofa, not one clever pun!
Sorry, I've been running around in a big chesterfield!
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:49:23pm |
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sngnsgt Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:50:29pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:50:46pm |
re: #192 yochanan
[Link: www.frenchandindianwar.info...]
the Indian allies of the french in this war committed what we today would call war crimes it also created the ill will that English Americans felt toward the Indians later on.
yes...but 100 years later the feds were making legal treaties with the western tribes...they broke all of them
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Shiplord Kirel Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:50:50pm |
re: #169 John Neverbend
I'm sure that the Saudis would quietly agree to this, but why on earth was it made public?
Probably to rattle the mullahs. It might also be disinformation designed to mis-direct their defenses, get them looking in the wrong direction.
I still think the timing, method, and direction of the Israeli strike will be "a bolt from the blue."
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:51:09pm |
Where is the flag that Cynthia McKinney planted.
/No, wait...I can get this right...
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:51:37pm |
re: #195 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
SPOILERS ARE VERBOTEN!
Not when everyone says it's a Comedy with Owen Wilson....And it was a very sad movie with few laughs....The ending was tear city when he was saying goodbye to his dog....
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:52:33pm |
dedicated to the Federal Goverment
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:52:35pm |
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Racer X Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:53:09pm |
Scientists find a biological 'fountain of youth' in new world bat caves
Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history -- significantly longer lifespans.
The discovery, featured on the cover of the July 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal, shows that proper protein folding over time in long-lived bats explains why they live significantly longer than other mammals of comparable size, such as mice.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:53:20pm |
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:54:21pm |
re: #198 sngnsgt
Thanks for the tip, will do. ;-)
but pick up a box of Kleenex.............and if you have kids, it's a great coming of age story........
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:55:03pm |
re: #205 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
BOOO! BOOO! BOOO!
Does he get busy with Jennifer Aniston?
3 kids....
Are you messing with me? :)
I will take you to the hole...You are just getting into shape....
*wink*
/hope you are well today
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:55:07pm |
re: #202 HoosierHoops
Not when everyone says it's a Comedy with Owen Wilson....And it was a very sad movie with few laughs....The ending was tear city when he was saying goodbye to his dog....
Don't get me started on sad endings....Arghhh
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Racer X Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:56:19pm |
Producing hydrogen from urine
You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract hydrogen from urine.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:57:08pm |
re: #211 Racer X
Producing hydrogen from urine
You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract hydrogen from urine.
So, until now, I've been pissing away money?
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avanti Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:57:31pm |
re: #197 IslandLibertarian
rent "Old Yeller"
Marley and Me was excellent, but not all funny. I recall years ago loaning a friend a bunch of video tapes and he tried to pick out a light title since he's had a tough day.
He thought "Marathon Man" was a movie about a track star or something until he watched it.
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Sharmuta Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:57:42pm |
Iranian clerical group says vote result "invalid"
A pro-reform Iranian clerical group said on Sunday the outcome of last month's presidential vote was "invalid," even though Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has upheld the result.
In a sign of a deepening rift among Shi'ite clerics, the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers also called for the release of Iranians arrested in protests after the hardline president was declared winner of the June 12 vote.
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:57:50pm |
re: #213 avanti
Marley and Me was excellent, but not all funny. I recall years ago loaning a friend a bunch of video tapes and he tried to pick out a light title since he's had a tough day.
He thought "Marathon Man" was a movie about a track star or something until he watched it.
Good flick though.
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:58:41pm |
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:59:08pm |
re: #188 HoosierHoops
Happy 5th to you...We went to the Club and watched the IRL race today then some friends called and said...Come on by and watch a Comedy...
It was called Marley and me and it wasn't a comedy....The frigging Dog dies at the end...We were all wiping tears from our eyes at the end...
Sucked bigtime... That's not a comedy
Hi Hoopster, how's ya doin?
I have a question concerning the movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", has here been a discussion about the geographie and moral relativism of that movie? Because if not I am quite a bit angry at the script writers (Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci), the director (Michael Bay) and the producer (Steven Spielberg) for making dinnerjackets wet-dreams a filmic reality.
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 4:59:09pm |
re: #211 Racer X
who knew..........all those years of beer drinking.........all that hydrogen flushed........
Drill Drink NOW! Drill Drink HERE!
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:00:25pm |
re: #216 Bobblehead
Yeller's nuthin', let me tell you 'bout my ol' Gabe.....no....never mind........ssnniifff
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:00:26pm |
Speaking of movie ends... "Field of Dreams" is coming on.
Hot! Damn!
One of my favorite movie endings EVAH!
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:00:43pm |
re: #204 buzzsawmonkey
Was musing, the other day, on how many films have become almost obsolete on the basis of the change in social mores.
Take "The Philadelphia Story." The class issues between angry proletarian reporter James Stewart and the wealthy Lord family and CK Dexter Haven? Gone. The notion that the Lords would be scandalized at having Tracy's wedding covered in the newspapers? Gone. The prospective groom Kittredge's anger at the intimation that his bride to be might have slept with the reporter on the eve of her wedding? Perhaps still valid, but the idea that the reporter would have turned her down as a matter of principle because she was drunk...gone.
An entire world of social conventions, almost entirely vanished.
Still one of my favorite movies, though.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:00:48pm |
re: #213 avanti
Marley and Me was excellent, but not all funny. I recall years ago loaning a friend a bunch of video tapes and he tried to pick out a light title since he's had a tough day.
He thought "Marathon Man" was a movie about a track star or something until he watched it.
Well Avanti..After drinking beer all day watching the IRL race then expecting to watch a comedy...
I was like...Oh God don't let the dog die!
Some comedy
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Racer X Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:01:21pm |
re: #218 IslandLibertarian
who knew..........all those years of beer drinking.........all that hydrogen flushed........
DrillDrink NOW!DrillDrink HERE!
I'll drink to that!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:02:33pm |
re: #213 avanti
Wait. Sorry, your friend's an idiot.
How the hell do you not know what "Marathon Man" is!
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:02:38pm |
re: #219 IslandLibertarian
Yeller's nuthin', let me tell you 'bout my ol' Gabe.....no....never mind........ssnniifff
I have one word for you "FREEDOM!" Every time I watch "Braveheart" I anticipate the ending and run for the tissues.
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:02:48pm |
re: #206 Racer X
Scientists find a biological 'fountain of youth' in new world bat caves
Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history -- significantly longer lifespans.
The discovery, featured on the cover of the July 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal, shows that proper protein folding over time in long-lived bats explains why they live significantly longer than other mammals of comparable size, such as mice.
That's great, but how old do the bats look? I'd love to live an extra 20 years looking like I do now - or better yet, like I did 15 years ago. I'm less interested in living to be 100 and looking like it.
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realwest Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:04:12pm |
Hey y'all - just a hit and run post, but on The List I posted this morning on the Overnight Open Thread, please note that the part appearing at my comment #504 should have added to it "Mamacares - health issues for a family member".
Thanks a lot y'all.
And, according to Reuters ousted Honduran President Zelaya is close to trying to land in Honduras where the duly elected congress (who chose it's duly elected President to finish out Zelaya's six months term in office at the request of the Honduran Supreme Court which such Supreme Court ordered the military to oust Zelaya for violating Hondura's constitution) at the request of the Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant for Zelaya should he land.
Of course, President Obama, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua (which has moved troops to the Honduran border) Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and others have stated that Zelaya should be allowed to return and have a referendum on his running for reelection in spite of Hondura's Constitutuional prohibition against same.
Hope I get the chance to see you all down the road later tonight!
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:04:22pm |
re: #217 callahan23
Hi Hoopster, how's ya doin?
I have a question concerning the movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", has here been a discussion about the geographie and moral relativism of that movie? Because if not I am quite a bit angry at the script writers (Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci), the director (Michael Bay) and the producer (Steven Spielberg) for making dinnerjackets wet-dreams a filmic reality.
I can only speak to the fact many critics consider the new Transformer movie to one of the worst movies made in years....It is bombing
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Racer X Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:04:44pm |
re: #211 Racer X
Producing hydrogen from urine
You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract hydrogen from urine.
Ha!
Some of the comments over there are pretty funny.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:05:01pm |
re: #225 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Wait. Sorry, your friend's an idiot.
How the hell do you not know what "Marathon Man" is!
A former boyfriend.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:05:33pm |
re: #220 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Speaking of movie ends... "Field of Dreams" is coming on.
Hot! Damn!
One of my favorite movie endings EVAH!
My kind of movie...Did you see we are Marshall yet?
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:05:34pm |
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:05:59pm |
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Racer X Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:07:26pm |
re: #229 HoosierHoops
I can only speak to the fact many critics consider the new Transformer movie to one of the worst movies made in years....It is bombing
I saw that yesterday. It was about 2 hours too long. The only redeeming quality was the military planes - F22, B1B, etc.. The plot sucked.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:08:26pm |
re: #228 realwest
Why is it 0bama went to great pains to make it clear we weren't going to 'meddle' in Iran's internal affairs after Dinnerjacket's dubious 'election' and the ensuing protests, but he sees it fit to meddle in the internal affairs of Israel and Honduras?
Did he decide to screw the foreign policy pooch in reverse-alphabetical order or something?
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:08:54pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:08:54pm |
re: #229 HoosierHoops
I can only speak to the fact many critics consider the new Transformer movie to one of the worst movies made in years....It is bombing
Oh, gosh it was awful. More than awful. Off the charts, pathetically impotent. Absolutely tremendously bad. If you and I decided to make a movie, and had fifteen bucks... we could make a better movie... and we'd have money left over.
The credits were even poorly written.
I wanted the bad robots to blow up the Earth, because Earth is where the people live who made this incredibly shitty movie.
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:09:37pm |
re: #235 buzzsawmonkey
Mine, too. But think about how much the world it depicts, on every level, has vanished.
Consider how Blanche DuBois' final scandal--the one which drives her out of her hometown and into the home of Stella and Stanley--is that she, a teacher, slept with a 16-year-old boy, something which is almost a commonplace today.
Most older films revolve around the fact that both the romantic leads expect--assume--that they will get married before they sleep together, and the tension arises from whether or not they have slept with someone else. Every one of them is a complete sap according to the conventions of modern films, which assume that if you're not in the sack by the end of the first reel you must have either a serious mental problem or an incapacitating wound.
Have you ever seen "The More the Merrier" with Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur? Some serious sexual tension in that one for a 1940's comedy.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:09:40pm |
re: #237 Fenway_Nation
Why is it 0bama went to great pains to make it clear we weren't going to 'meddle' in Iran's internal affairs after Dinnerjacket's dubious 'election' and the ensuing protests, but he sees it fit to meddle in the internal affairs of Israel and Honduras?
Did he decide to screw the foreign policy pooch in reverse-alphabetical order or something?
BO is a fraud...he stands for whatever is best for him....pretty simple
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:09:42pm |
re: #217 callahan23
oh and Micheal Bay? It reminds me of an Entourage episode when Vince found out he was going to direct Aquaman 2....
It was funny...He tried everything to break the contract....
Art imitates life....
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avanti Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:09:52pm |
re: #225 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Wait. Sorry, your friend's an idiot.
How the hell do you not know what "Marathon Man" is!
He was your typical business owner. He worked long hours running a gas station and probably had not been out to a movie in 20 years. I was a auto parts sales rep at the time, and would drop him off some tapes from my collection when I came in.
He was not movie smart, but he was a damn fine wrench turner.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:10:47pm |
re: #243 avanti
He was your typical business owner. He worked long hours running a gas station and probably had not been out to a movie in 20 years. I was a auto parts sales rep at the time, and would drop him off some tapes from my collection when I came in.
He was not movie smart, but he was a damn fine wrench turner.
feeling better now avanti?...stroke stroke
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:11:24pm |
re: #239 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh, gosh it was awful. More than awful. Off the charts, pathetically impotent. Absolutely tremendously bad. If you and I decided to make a movie, and had fifteen bucks... we could make a better movie... and we'd have money left over.
The credits were even poorly written.
I wanted the bad robots to blow up the Earth, because Earth is where the people live who made this incredibly shitty movie.
If you ever give up redoing kitchens, you have a future in writing movie reviews.
Two thumbs up.
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dmandman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:11:42pm |
Is the plane still circling the runway in Honduras? Y'know technically they could just shoot it down as he is considered technically a traitor trying to invade his country at the behest of a foreign power.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:11:44pm |
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:11:52pm |
re: #235 buzzsawmonkey
All true, although they do still prosecute teachers who sleep with students in real life. Nowadays, to keep the sexual tension high and throw obstacles between the lovers, they have to come up with all kinds of stupid plot devices, like one of them is actually a ghost or they think they're related.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:11:53pm |
re: #239 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The credits were even poorly written.
The movie was so badly written that those names that roll up at the end of the movie should be called 'blames', not 'credits'....
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NelsFree Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:11:57pm |
re: #42 Kosh's Shadow
H'm, a harsh environment for a penal colony? Sounds like Australia.
Or, South Carolina.
/
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2SoonOld2LateSmart Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:12:09pm |
In 1950, I was 10 years old and had the good fortune to see a movie called Destination Moon.
It has to be the most memorable movie I have ever seen. My imagination was captivated by the thought of flying to the moon. The movie made it seem so easy. Of course when reality set in, I came to the conclusion that I would never see that happen in my lifetime.
But only 19 years later I was thrilled to watch the moon landings on TV. That is now 40 years ago, and I hope I live long enough to see such an event again.
Watch the 1950 movie here:
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HypnoToad Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:12:53pm |
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel
Another nifty pic: Surveyor 3's camera at the National Air and Space Museum.
I have an identical camera to that sitting next to my desk at work.
Over fifteen years ago, I found two surveyor flight spares in a box waiting for disposal. Someone was cleaning out a lab for the next project, and had failed to look at what they were discarding. Rescued and cleaned up, one is now in a display case on lab.
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:13:03pm |
re: #229 HoosierHoops
I can only speak to the fact many critics consider the new Transformer movie to one of the worst movies made in years....It is bombing
I saw it. And couldn't make my mind go to those extremes to understand that Egypt had (according to the movie) a border with Jordan. I constantly asked myself were Eylat (Elat) and that whole bit of south-eastern Israel went.
I have not and will hopefully never reach the lows of the aforementioned movie-makers.
A big hoik and spit to them.
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IslandLibertarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:13:30pm |
re: #236 Racer X
I saw that yesterday. It was about 2 hours too long. The only redeeming quality was the military planes - F22, B1B, etc.. The plot sucked.
oh swell, I promised my GF we'd go see it this evening. (She loves exploding/building destroying/apocalyptic flicks). Maybe I'll suggest the matinee, I could use a nap.
On another note, we're going by Verizon store before the movie to get new phones. Anyone got a favorite they want to plug?
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:14:06pm |
What was that movie about the kids in West Virginia who made a rocket?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:14:09pm |
Transformer movie did call Obama a pussy though.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:14:32pm |
re: #259 MandyManners
What was that movie about the kids in West Virginia who made a rocket?
October Sky.
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TheMatrix31 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:14:38pm |
re: #229 HoosierHoops
I can only speak to the fact many critics consider the new Transformer movie to one of the worst movies made in years....It is bombing
I don't know about bombing. It's made almost a $100 mil more than it cost to make. Don't know if that qualifies as bombing.
I liked it, just not as much as the first one.
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:15:04pm |
re: #248 buzzsawmonkey
It sounds familiar, but I don't recall it. For real sexual tension, try just about anything made prior to 1934. Sturges' "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" is pretty good, too.
It shows up on TCM every once in a while. Charles Coburn won an Oscar for supporting actor for his role. I usually don't care for Jean Arthur but she's good in this one. I adore Joel McCrea. Very much overlooked as an actor.
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:15:26pm |
re: #259 MandyManners
What was that movie about the kids in West Virginia who made a rocket?
"October Sky," I think. A fantastic family film with a young Jake Gyllenhaal, I believe. I think the book was called "Rocket Boys." I could have those titles backwards, though.
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dmandman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:15:35pm |
Zelaya's plane circles Honduran runway, can't land
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:15:44pm |
re: #260 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Transformer movie did call Obama a pussy though.
Really? I might have to suspend my boycott of the theater to go see it.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:16:05pm |
re: #256 callahan23
I saw it. And couldn't make my mind go to those extremes to understand that Egypt had (according to the movie) a border with Jordan. I constantly asked myself were Eylat (Elat) and that whole bit of south-eastern Israel went.
I have not and will hopefully never reach the lows of the aforementioned movie-makers.
A big hoik and spit to them.
I watch comedy's and drama's butt mostly anything to do with sports ( big Surprise)
I never watch sci fi stuff...Never watched a star trek movie or things like that...
Then Buzz pulls a 1934 movie out of thin air about sexual tension....Dude rocks
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:16:09pm |
re: #249 dmandman
Is the plane still circling the runway in Honduras? Y'know technically they could just shoot it down as he is considered technically a traitor trying to invade his country at the behest of a foreign power.
Hello, what is TOTUS even thinking?
As usual, Charles Krauthammer nails reality to the objective wall.
Any further questions?
/class dismissed
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Truck Monkey Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:16:19pm |
re: #222 HoosierHoops
Well Avanti..After drinking beer all day watching the IRL race then expecting to watch a comedy...
I was like...Oh God don't let the dog die!
Some comedy
I read the book to my son at bedtime and sensed where it was going before I got there. I finished the book while he slept and cried like a little girl. It hits home because I think that we have all had to say goodbye to a beloved pet..... maybe even more than once.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:16:27pm |
re: #261 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
October Sky.
Thank you. I love that movie. No sex. No violence. No profanity. No nudity.
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Gella Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:16:31pm |
re: #260 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Transformer movie did call Obama a pussy though.
i thought it should be ultra liberal movie, btw did they CGI teleprompter in?
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:16:59pm |
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:17:24pm |
re: #259 MandyManners
What was that movie about the kids in West Virginia who made a rocket?
October Sky... Excellent movie and true story
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brookly red Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:17:27pm |
re: #272 MandyManners
Thank you. I love that movie. No sex. No violence. No profanity. No nudity.
a car chase at least?
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:17:53pm |
re: #266 dmandman
Zelaya's plane circles Honduran runway, can't land
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Interesting....wonder if Zelaya would be of more use to Chavez or Ortega as a martyr instead of a deposed president in exile.
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NelsFree Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:17:59pm |
re: #65 Naso Tang
That is a cool piece of information, nowhere to be found in my memory banks.
Actually, Bean took the picture, Conrad is the one standing there. It's all right, though, they look so much alike with their visors down.
/I wear my lunar sun visors at night....
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Racer X Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:18:04pm |
re: #244 buzzsawmonkey
re: #239 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Do either of you recall whether, at any point, the "Bumblebee" character took automobile form--and, if so, whether it carried the bee air-freshener, with the word "Bee-otch," that the character sported in the first "Transformer" film?
I did not catch that.
I did doze off a few times though.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:18:25pm |
re: #270 Killian Bundy
unless they make a movie about it...nobody cares
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:18:42pm |
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sngnsgt Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:18:45pm |
Iran says British-Greek reporter held for weeks freed; reformists call for president's removal
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown as opposition forces pressing their claims of fraud called for parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:18:49pm |
re: #276 HoosierHoops
October Sky... Excellent movie and true story
I discovered it a year or so ago on a boring Saturday afternoon. It sucked me in.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:19:08pm |
re: #262 TheMatrix31
I don't know about bombing. It's made almost a $100 mil more than it cost to make. Don't know if that qualifies as bombing.
I liked it, just not as much as the first one.
That movie is making movie? GAK...
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:19:08pm |
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:19:26pm |
re: #258 buzzsawmonkey
Wait a minute...that's the one where McCrea rents Jean Arthur's room because of the Washington wartime housing shortage, right?
Pretty good; it owed a bit to "It Happened One Night," though.
Yep. That's the one. I love the scene where they are walking home from a restaurant. He can't keep his hands off her. Very sexy. From a woman's standpoint anyway.
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:19:40pm |
re: #278 Fenway_Nation
Interesting....wonder if Zelaya would be of more use to Chavez or Ortega as a martyr instead of a deposed president in exile.
The regime that ousted Manuel Zelaya in Honduras claimed Tuesday that the deposed president allowed tons of cocaine to be flown into the Central American country on its way to the United States.
"Every night, three or four Venezuelan-registered planes land without the permission of appropriate authorities and bring thousands of pounds ... and packages of money that are the fruit of drug trafficking," its foreign minister, Enrique Ortez, told CNN en Espanol.
"We have proof of all of this. Neighboring governments have it. The DEA has it," he added.
/more use in power
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:19:51pm |
re: #276 HoosierHoops
October Sky... Excellent movie and true story
I've been to the town where the "Rocket Boys" grew up. One of the saddest, most forlorn places in America.
October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:20:14pm |
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:20:31pm |
OT and NSFW:
I think it's funny, it is in German yet the captions that are written below the pictures are understandable. I like the wordplay.
And yes you read correctly the blogs name is 'Spirit of Entebbe'. Mixed Double 9.
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avanti Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:22:02pm |
re: #271 Truck Monkey
I read the book to my son at bedtime and sensed where it was going before I got there. I finished the book while he slept and cried like a little girl. It hits home because I think that we have all had to say goodbye to a beloved pet..... maybe even more than once.
Yep, we had a unexpected family cry at the end of the movie. Funny thing, at the beginning we all agreed the dog would be headed to the SPCA or a farm if he was ours.
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:22:08pm |
re: #268 buzzsawmonkey
Right: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."
But then, of course, there is "The Lady Eve" with Stanwyck and Fonda. Wonderful movie.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:22:43pm |
Mebbe I should esplain... They don't literally call Obama a "pussy". They do use his name as president... O's representative is a "Let's talk to the people trying to blow up our world" kind of guy.
Soldiers finally just ignore orders and kick ass.
That's a new plot device. Oh wait, no it's not.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:24:13pm |
re: #293 avanti
Yep, we had a unexpected family cry at the end of the movie. Funny thing, at the beginning we all agreed the dog would be headed to the SPCA or a farm if he was ours.
Sad movie at the end....Just cause Owen Wilson is in a movie doen't automatically make it funny....Only a couple real laughs and overall the script was clumsy through the movie.
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Erik The Red Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:24:44pm |
re: #272 MandyManners
Thank you. I love that movie. No sex. No violence. No profanity. No nudity.
Hey MM. I have never seen the movie, and I am glad. It is missing everything I love in a movie. :)
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:24:59pm |
re: #295 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Mebbe I should esplain... They don't literally call Obama a "pussy". They do use his name as president... O's representative is a "Let's talk to the people trying to blow up our world" kind of guy.
Soldiers finally just ignore orders and kick ass.
That's a new plot device. Oh wait, no it's not.
I'm watching Independence Day. FCBBHO would get us all killed trying to get those aliens to unclench.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:25:22pm |
re: #297 Erik The Red
Hey MM. I have never seen the movie, and I am glad. It is missing everything I love in a movie. :)
If you like a good story, it's a must-see.
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TheMatrix31 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:26:10pm |
re: #286 HoosierHoops
That movie is making movie? GAK...
Yeah, it's at around $295 million right now.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:26:18pm |
re: #297 Erik The Red
Hey MM. I have never seen the movie, and I am glad. It is missing everything I love in a movie. :)
It is a must see movie...
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:27:07pm |
re: #298 MandyManners
I'm watching Independence Day. FCBBHO would get us all killed trying to get those aliens to unclench.
That's a great movie. I think it's the last time I enjoyed a performance by Will Smith. Plus, the president is a hottie.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:27:15pm |
From Breitbart:
Megan Fox recently stated that her solution to a real life evil Transformer invasion would be to negotiate and ask, “instead of the entire planet, can you just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America?”
I'd be surprised if the writing didn't reflect that at some point...
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NelsFree Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:27:51pm |
Shucks, to heck with the blog. I'm gonna watch DESTINATION MOON!
Magnetic boots, take me away!
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Truck Monkey Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:27:52pm |
Best Movie of all time: Rambo, First Blood Part I. Discuss.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:28:08pm |
re: #302 doppelganglander
That's a great movie. I think it's the last time I enjoyed a performance by Will Smith. Plus, the president is a hottie.
Yeah, I'd like to play commander in chief with him.
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:29:39pm |
re: #306 MandyManners
Yeah, I'd like to play commander in chief with him.
Is that what the kids call it these days?
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Kosh's Shadow Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:29:47pm |
re: #237 Fenway_Nation
Why is it 0bama went to great pains to make it clear we weren't going to 'meddle' in Iran's internal affairs after Dinnerjacket's dubious 'election' and the ensuing protests, but he sees it fit to meddle in the internal affairs of Israel and Honduras?
Did he decide to screw the foreign policy pooch in reverse-alphabetical order or something?
He doesn't want to interfere in the affairs of dictators, but he wants to dictate to democracies. Like Carter.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:29:48pm |
re: #306 MandyManners
Yeah, I'd like to play commander in
chiefbriefs with him.
Tweaked that a little...
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:29:55pm |
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:30:01pm |
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:30:23pm |
re: #300 TheMatrix31
Yeah, it's at around $295 million right now.
/anther $110 million (probably doable by the end of next weekend, before word of mouth catches up) and the can fund their own LRO/LCROSS mission, Transformers on the Moon!
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:30:27pm |
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:30:41pm |
Several sweet and innocent romantic comedies overlooked by the critics:
"Last Chance Harvey" Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson
"Ghost Town" Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni
"The Proposal" surprise, surprise..it was good
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:30:50pm |
I cannot believe what I just posted. bbiab
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:30:57pm |
re: #306 MandyManners
He even did a "love story" movie with Ellen Degenerous. That's right, Bill is so sexy, even Ellen wanted to do him.
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:31:01pm |
re: #305 Truck Monkey
Best Movie of all time: Rambo, First Blood Part I. Discuss.
Fail.
/end of discussion
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:31:10pm |
re: #305 Truck Monkey
Best Movie of all time: Rambo, First Blood Part I. Discuss.
Doesn't break the top 100...Maybe Rocky makes it...
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:31:23pm |
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Macker Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:31:56pm |
re: #317 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Wait a minute...I thought Ellen played for the other team!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:32:06pm |
re: #315 Bobblehead
Saw "Run, Fatboy, Run" yesterday. Funny as shit. Completely predictable, but a hoot.
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:32:21pm |
re: #306 MandyManners
Yeah, I'd like to play commander in chief with him.
Mandy, you might be interested in this: Top 25 Male Hotties
Personally, I find the list useless without Clive Owen, Robert Downey Jr., or vintage Gregory Peck.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:32:43pm |
re: #311 doppelganglander
Must be all those anti-gay bible-thumpers in Middle America that passed California's Proposition 8 back in November.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:33:19pm |
re: #322 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Saw "Run, Fatboy, Run" yesterday. Funny as shit. Completely predictable, but a hoot.
ooohhh i saw that listed on HBO or SHOtime or something the other day...
I'll watch it now
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Mithrax Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:33:40pm |
re: #323 doppelganglander
Mandy, you might be interested in this: Top 25 Male Hotties
Personally, I find the list useless without Clive Owen, Robert Downey Jr., or vintage Gregory Peck.
Some list. I'm not even on it! :P
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:33:53pm |
re: #324 Fenway_Nation
Must be all those anti-gay bible-thumpers in Middle America that passed California's Proposition 8 back in November.
Good point. Also, who does she think is buying tickets to the crap she makes? It's not the gay community, I can tell you that.
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:33:58pm |
TOTUS can't even land a plane in Honduras.
/how humiliating is that?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:34:02pm |
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:34:55pm |
re: #323 doppelganglander
Mandy, you might be interested in this: Top 25 Male Hotties
Personally, I find the list useless without Clive Owen, Robert Downey Jr., or vintage Gregory Peck.
Tell me you weren't sweating a little bit during the Volleyball scene in Top Gun? All those studs with no shirts...
*wink*
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Truck Monkey Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:35:09pm |
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TheMatrix31 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:35:17pm |
re: #317 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
He even did a "love story" movie with Ellen Degenerous. That's right, Bill is so sexy, even Ellen wanted to do him.
Yum, Portia De Rossi.
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capitalist piglet Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:35:30pm |
There is still hope (sort of):
Thunderous applause greets former President George W. Bush on July 4
WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) - Former President George W. Bush was greeted by thunderous applause on the Fourth of July as he told thousands of spectators in a rural Oklahoma rodeo arena that the U.S. was "the greatest nation on the face of the earth."
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:35:53pm |
Field of Dreams on one hand, Independence Day on the other.
Saw ID the other day. Right now Ray is pitching to Shoeless Joe.
Oh, shit.
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:36:34pm |
re: #329 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
HBO! Simon Pegg. Playing, uhm... Simon Pegg.
I loved it.
Simon Pegg is so incredibly funny.
I don't know if it is his looks or what makes him so outrageously funny.
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:36:55pm |
re: #322 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Saw "Run, Fatboy, Run" yesterday. Funny as shit. Completely predictable, but a hoot.
Simon Pegg..Love him. "Hot Fuzz" Hilarious. He was also funny as the young Scotty in the new Star Trek movie.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:37:20pm |
re: #336 buzzsawmonkey
Obama's already said that's who he'd want.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:37:28pm |
re: #334 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Field of Dreams on one hand, Independence Day on the other.
Saw ID the other day. Right now Ray is pitching to Shoeless Joe.
Oh, shit.
Top of the 2nd with Tampa at bat... Feldman pitching....
Nobody on earth knows the ending tonight
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:37:29pm |
re: #303 Fenway_Nation
Megan Fox recently stated that her solution to a real life evil Transformer invasion would be to negotiate and ask, “instead of the entire planet, can you just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America?”
I would hope that the evil Transfomers would point out that they hadn't developed their superior level of technology to travel millions of light years across space just to engage in stultifying liberal banter.
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Truck Monkey Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:38:07pm |
re: #336 buzzsawmonkey
Will Smith could play Obama in a film. He's already got the ears.
Steve Urkel is more appropriate.
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:38:48pm |
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:39:45pm |
re: #341 buzzsawmonkey
I can see why. Smith is much smoother than Obama is.
I say one thing about him..He is a average actor...But geez... He married a smoking hot woman in Jada.. And she is a better actor than him...
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:39:45pm |
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:39:56pm |
re: #333 capitalist piglet
Moments later, the "white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating" crowd was wiped out by giant transforming robots per an agreement reached with Megan Fox.
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Truck Monkey Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:40:18pm |
I wore my Sofa King shirt to the fireworks last night and couldn't believe how many sideways glances I got.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:40:44pm |
re: #336 buzzsawmonkey
Will Smith could play Obama in a film. He's already got the ears.
LOL, loves it!
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:41:59pm |
re: #330 HoosierHoops
Tell me you weren't sweating a little bit during the Volleyball scene in Top Gun? All those studs with no shirts...
*wink*
That scene was so '80s and so gay. Some gay friends broke the implied message in that movie to me some years back.
That to me, who absolutely loves those combat-flight scenes. I still like those scenes in that movie.
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:42:57pm |
re: #330 HoosierHoops
Tell me you weren't sweating a little bit during the Volleyball scene in Top Gun? All those studs with no shirts...
*wink*
I never liked Tom Cruise, even before he turned into a Scientology freak show. The extras were pretty cute, though. Around that time my husband was in the Navy, and I could see better than that when the Marines took PT in their little red shorts.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:43:17pm |
re: #348 Fenway_Nation
Moments later, the "white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating" crowd was wiped out by giant transforming robots per an agreement reached with Megan Fox.
Money Quote:
Far be it from me to point out that the base audience for “Transformers” is young males in Middle America, the same men that Fox condemns to a robot apocalypse. I doubt the bi-coastal elites from Beverly Hills to the Upper West Side will be waiting in line for the midnight showing of Michael Bay’s latest opus. Alienating your core audience is never a good idea. Perhaps Ms. Fox holds an associate’s degree from the Timothy Geithner School of Business Management.
Oh, snap!
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:44:36pm |
re: #342 Truck Monkey
Steve Urkel is more appropriate.
Have you seen a picture of him lately? Dude is buff. It's kind of disturbing, actually.
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reine.de.tout Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:44:51pm |
re: #348 Fenway_Nation
Moments later, the "white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating" crowd was wiped out by giant transforming robots per an agreement reached with Megan Fox.
I need to go read that blog more often.
What a great article.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:45:01pm |
re: #352 buzzsawmonkey
Megan Fox does not seem to realize that there is a huge overlap between those who like Fox News and those who like Fox nudes.
Quite concur. I did like both of those things, but I'm souring on the latter. It's hard to find a woman attractive when her words are repulsive.
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Truck Monkey Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:45:28pm |
re: #356 doppelganglander
Have you seen a picture of him lately? Dude is buff. It's kind of disturbing, actually.
Carrot Top disturbing? Carrot Top is horror movie disturbing.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:45:30pm |
Will Smith plays Obama in:
I, Soros' Robot.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:45:33pm |
re: #350 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
One of the bimbo starlets who's name appears in the credits blames of Transformers 2.
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:46:06pm |
re: #357 reine.de.tout
I need to go read that blog more often.
What a great article.
It's one of my daily stops. Love it.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:46:14pm |
re: #358 Dark_Falcon
Quite concur. I did like both of those things, but I'm souring on the latter. It's hard to find a woman attractive when her words are repulsive.
You want to talk with her?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:46:50pm |
re: #354 doppelganglander
I think Tom is a decent actor. Completely held his own in "Rainman". I thought he was slighted by the Academy. Supporting Actor should have at least nominated him.
One dummies opinion.
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dmandman Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:47:59pm |
Ousted Honduras leader fails in bid to return
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Looks like he tries to make a comeback at the head of the Nicaraguan army.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:48:23pm |
re: #359 Truck Monkey
Carrot Top disturbing? Carrot Top is horror movie disturbing.
Somebody said once that Top Gun had more dumb lines than any movie ever made..
Goose...Take me now or lose me forever!
I'm sorry the pattern is full
That's right Iceman I am dangerous!
There are hundreds of lines in that movie that just crack you up
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boofar Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:48:34pm |
Me being the gawdawful atheist and this being the topic about the moon...
http://www.parasite-net.eu/_img/_blog/20090616_153306.jpg
If you have a sense of humor (or just sense), you will chuckle or not explode in a rage of self-righteous indignation :) .
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:49:09pm |
re: #363 MandyManners
You want to talk with her?
If she had the good sense to keep her mouth shut, other things could happen.......
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:49:24pm |
re: #358 Dark_Falcon
Quite concur. I did like both of those things, but I'm souring on the latter. It's hard to find a woman attractive when her words are repulsive.
Why would you care?
Have Mandy explain it.
Some days back she was talking about Johnny Depp and the dashing good looks of him when a Lizard mentions that Depp is a moonbat.
Answer Mandy: I don't wanna talk.
Great LOL's
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:50:12pm |
re: #367 HoosierHoops
Somebody said once that Top Gun had more dumb lines than any movie ever made..
Goose...Take me now or lose me forever!
I'm sorry the pattern is full
That's right Iceman I am dangerous!There are hundreds of lines in that movie that just crack you up
/But I just love movies about fast planes that fire missiles.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:50:18pm |
some interesting observations into the HollyWorld...quite amusing actually...I could not believe people could get so deep in...
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:50:58pm |
re: #369 DEZes
If she had the good sense to keep her mouth shut, other things could happen.......
That's my take on Clooney.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:51:02pm |
re: #363 MandyManners
You want to talk with her?
No, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with her. She's made it quite clear she's thinks I'm an asshole idiot because I'm a traditionalist. I have no interest in interacting with people who hate me.
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:51:32pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:52:06pm |
re: #375 Dark_Falcon
No, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with her. She's made it quite clear she's thinks I'm an asshole idiot because I'm a traditionalist. I have no interest in interacting with people who hate me.
Simmah down now. Simmah down.
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Bobblehead Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:52:13pm |
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:52:16pm |
re: #359 Truck Monkey
Carrot Top disturbing? Carrot Top is horror movie disturbing.
Urkel still looks human; it's just incongruous with his nerdy image.
re: #364 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I think Tom is a decent actor. Completely held his own in "Rainman". I thought he was slighted by the Academy. Supporting Actor should have at least nominated him.
One dummies opinion.
Yes, he's good in certain things, including "Rain Man." It's tough to avoid being completely overshadowed by Dustin Hoffman. I thought he was actually brilliant in "Magnolia," in a disturbing kind of way.
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Killian Bundy Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:52:22pm |
re: #366 dmandman
Ousted Honduras leader fails in bid to return
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Looks like he tries to make a comeback at the head of the Nicaraguan army.
Good for Honduras, attempted stunt over! So help me, if TOTUS green lights an invasion . . .
/we are, so far, officially on the wrong side of this situation
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:52:26pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:53:07pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:53:13pm |
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boofar Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:53:25pm |
I gotta wonder about those pics about the moon, couldn't NASA get any more high-res ones? They have the tech to make some seriously sick shots.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:54:19pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:54:24pm |
re: #378 MandyManners
Simmah down now. Simmah down.
I'm calm, I'm just emphatic when explaining my positions.
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:55:04pm |
re: #374 MandyManners
That's my take on Clooney.
My younger daughter recently discovered "ER" reruns and has a huge crush on Doug Ross -- not George Clooney, really, just him as that character. A few months back my older daughter was shocked to discover that young Alec Baldwin was a major babe. They should have both been frozen in the early '90s, minus the ability to speak.
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:56:08pm |
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:56:28pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:56:41pm |
"At least he's not a book burner, you Nazi cow!"
-Field of Dreams...
That line just happened... jumping back and forth between the two movies.
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boofar Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:57:19pm |
Heh, I'd love to be able to run around on the moon in my lifetime.
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BenghaziHoops Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:58:04pm |
re: #396 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"At least he's not a book burner, you Nazi cow!"
-Field of Dreams...That line just happened... jumping back and forth between the two movies.
What channel? Can't find it
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boofar Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:58:28pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:58:35pm |
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:59:01pm |
re: #394 DEZes
How ya doing Captain?
good...I love all this HoweyWood slurp....I'm on the verge of a bannishment from my former friends I believe...I simply cannot take this shit seriously...good fun tho!
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 5:59:23pm |
re: #396 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"At least he's not a book burner, you Nazi cow!"
-Field of Dreams...That line just happened... jumping back and forth between the two movies.
One of my favorite movie quotes:
" It tells me that goose stepping morons such as yourself, should try reading books instead of burning them."
*Sean Connery*
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:00:02pm |
re: #397 boofar
Heh, I'd love to be able to run around on the moon in my lifetime.
I'd like to tee one up and let 'er rip.
Tiger Woods, now who is he ?
/channeling Tin Cup
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boofar Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:00:13pm |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrqSCn0sBPw&feature=related
That was good.
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John Neverbend Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:00:15pm |
re: #366 dmandman
Ousted Honduras leader fails in bid to return
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Looks like he tries to make a comeback at the head of the Nicaraguan army.
There was some discussion in a thread last week as to whether the Honduran constitution supported the actions that were taken against Zelaya.
While there's nothing that says that he should have been deported, there does seem to be an unambiguous statement about those who wish to change the single-term rule.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:00:30pm |
re: #390 Iron Fist
I liked this last Rambo movie a lot more than I did the earlier ones. There was still that pleasing high level of gratuitous violence that is always entertaining, but it was slightly more realistic. You pretty much can mow down the enemy in droves with that 12.7mm heavy machinegun that he gets ahold of. And something that heavy can blow people apart like that.
Entertainment gold :-)
I loved it too. It kept things closer to reality, and managed to actually develop its characters a bit as well.
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MandyManners Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:00:50pm |
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:00:52pm |
re: #404 albusteve
good...I love all this HoweyWood slurp....I'm on the verge of a bannishment from my former friends I believe...I simply cannot take this shit seriously...good fun tho!
After the last few days of liberal rants on this blog, I am ready to swallow a 12 gauge.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:00:59pm |
re: #395 doppelganglander
I would love to look like her.
you wanna look like someone else?....does your mate know that?..."honey is it okay if I look like Jayne Mansfield?...will you still love me?"....hahaha!
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SteveC Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:01:06pm |
Great Photos - I so wanna go!
There are plenty of old Saturn V rockets around in museum displays. If I push, would one of you lizards pop the clutch?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:02:08pm |
re: #399 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Well, that's a little cheesy.
Bree right back. I hear Rush Limberger is on Guda Van Susteren.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:02:10pm |
re: #412 DEZes
After the last few days of liberal rants on this blog, I am ready to swallow a 12 gauge.
DON"T!....those things are a buck fifty apiece....
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:02:50pm |
OT but nice. I found this on YouTube, a song from the 80's I'd almost forgotten about:
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Gus Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:03:20pm |
Been looking for these during the week. Great to see they're finally putting up some larger format imagery.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:03:36pm |
re: #413 albusteve
Jayne Mansfield before or after the car wreck?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:04:07pm |
re: #416 SasquatchOnSteroids
Bree right back. I hear Rush Limberger is on Guda Van Susteren.
I'm feeling bleu.
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:04:31pm |
re: #410 Dark_Falcon
I loved it too. It kept things closer to reality, and managed to actually develop its characters a bit as well.
Rambo?...closer to reality?...hahaha!...thanks bro
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:04:51pm |
re: #420 Fenway_Nation
Fenway, that one was not cool and not funny.
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:05:06pm |
re: #421 Iron Fist
I knew Alec Baldwin was a pussy, but I didn't know he'd once been a chick :-þ
He had one of those operations......
An Addadicktome.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:05:10pm |
re: #412 DEZes
After the last few days of liberal rants on this blog, I am ready to swallow a 12 gauge.
I feel you're pain. But we'd miss ya.
'Specially ya's dings.
//
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:05:44pm |
re: #420 Fenway_Nation
Jayne Mansfield before or after the car wreck?
she lost her head didn't she?...no self control, typical HoweyWood
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:05:49pm |
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doppelganglander Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:05:50pm |
re: #413 albusteve
you wanna look like someone else?....does your mate know that?..."honey is it okay if I look like Jayne Mansfield?...will you still love me?"....hahaha!
Oh, he's perfectly happy with the way I look, and I have no plans for any major renovations. I just think she's beautiful.
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Gus Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:06:05pm |
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callahan23 Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:06:50pm |
Work week ahead need some sleep.
See y'all down the road.
I love you (Lizardim} - mostly.
Really!
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:06:53pm |
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:06:58pm |
re: #426 SasquatchOnSteroids
I feel you're pain. But we'd miss ya.
'Specially ya's dings.//
I suspect my time spent here will be much less.
I just have better things to do than read crap from the kos kids.
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Fenway_Nation Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:09:12pm |
re: #431 Gus 802
Wonder if they'll ever find any Muensters on the moon.
You think that will be a gouda thing?
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OldLineTexan Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:09:23pm |
re: #431 Gus 802
Wonder if they'll ever find any Muensters on the moon.
The Japanese probe found Gorgonzola!
/
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Gus Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:10:28pm |
re: #436 Fenway_Nation
You think that will be a gouda thing?
Might be for some of those folks in Monterey, Jack. /
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albusteve Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:11:00pm |
re: #435 DEZes
I suspect my time spent here will be much less.
I just have better things to do than read crap from the kos kids.
no shit...
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DEZes Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:11:37pm |
re: #438 snowcrash
No DEZes. c'mon we need you.
I am not leaving, I have too many people here I like.
I just will be more selective.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:12:29pm |
re: #435 DEZes
I suspect my time spent here will be much less.
I just have better things to do than read crap from the kos kids.
Indeed.
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Macker Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:14:27pm |
re: #368 boofar
Me being the gawdawful atheist and this being the topic about the moon...
http://www.parasite-net.eu/_img/_blog/20090616_153 306.jpg
If you have a sense of humor (or just sense), you will chuckle or not explode in a rage of self-righteous indignation :) .
And here's the logical reply....
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:17:08pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:17:40pm |
re: #444 Dark_Falcon
Sorry Steve, I quoted you by mistake.
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Achilles Tang Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:19:30pm |
re: #74 albusteve
a burro can subside in the harshest desert climate, eating virtually anything that grows and maintain superior health
Superior to what?
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Achilles Tang Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:21:09pm |
re: #444 Dark_Falcon
Feel free to down-ding liberal rants. I do sometimes when they start spewing hopeychange,
Shall we talk about Palin, and her hopychange supporters again?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:30:11pm |
re: #447 Naso Tang
Shall we talk about Palin, and her hopychange supporters again?
You killed the thread. Bad Naso Tang, no cookies for you! :D
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Dr. Shalit Sun, Jul 5, 2009 6:54:12pm |
WOW -
After Millions if NOT Billions of Years, THE MOON HAS ZITS - caused by asteroid collisions. AND?
-S-
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Mike McDaniel Sun, Jul 5, 2009 7:10:52pm |
re: #414 SteveC
Great Photos - I so wanna go!
There are plenty of old Saturn V rockets around in museum displays. If I push, would one of you lizards pop the clutch?
Only two, I'm afraid. One is at Kennedy Space Center as a display (I've seen that one), the other, IIRC, is in Houston.
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zoidberg Sun, Jul 5, 2009 7:19:01pm |
How about a photo of the Sea of Tranquility so the conspiracy theorists can STFU?
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GGMac Sun, Jul 5, 2009 7:52:48pm |
re: #146 Mr. E. Train
Dam it! Dogers are blowing a 6-1 lead in the bottom in the 9th, one out left! AAARRRRG!
They're being punished for leaving Brooklyn.
Yeah, I know - dead horse, but they must pay forever.
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GGMac Sun, Jul 5, 2009 8:07:47pm |
re: #391 doppelganglander
My younger daughter recently discovered "ER" reruns and has a huge crush on Doug Ross -- not George Clooney, really, just him as that character. A few months back my older daughter was shocked to discover that young Alec Baldwin was a major babe. They should have both been frozen in the early '90s, minus the ability to speak.
There was a time - 40 or so years ago: daughter gave me a life-size poster of Paul Newman. He was just standing there, with that look - remember that 'look', my sisters?
The poster was black and white...except for his eyes...those unbelievably blue eyes......:)
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GGMac Sun, Jul 5, 2009 8:09:17pm |
Hmmmmm
Seems to be a dead thread. Did y'all catch a flight to the moon?
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SixDegrees Mon, Jul 6, 2009 1:51:58am |
re: #272 MandyManners
Thank you. I love that movie. No sex. No violence. No profanity. No nudity.
And, it's a real story, based on fact.
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Nemesis6 Mon, Jul 6, 2009 3:54:16am |
Great, now can we finally have those photos that should shut moon landing-deniers like Joe Rogan up?
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