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Truck Monkey Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:19:01pm |
I like the little woman in the background with the fake blond beard. Too Funny.
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Pianobuff Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:23:02pm |
5 years ago, Cash for Clunkers would have made a good Onion parody.
5 years from now maybe this won’t look so goofy.
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albusteve Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:25:27pm |
news these days is so bizarre…this is believable
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:25:45pm |
re: #3 MandyManners
The anthem sucks.
You are obviously in need of Re-education Training Musical Appreciation classes.
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lostlakehiker Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:26:45pm |
The coup will fail. It’s obvious. With Spiderman and James Bond partnering, Octopussyia or whatever is doomed.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:26:47pm |
re: #5 albusteve
news these days is so bizarre…this is believable
A tabloid breaks a news story, parody is believable as real.
We are inside a Chinese curse.
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albusteve Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:27:56pm |
the Stars Without Makeup sight is breaking hit records…I’m hooked
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tradewind Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:28:15pm |
Dammit!
I thought we had an Octomom thread started…
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MrPaulRevere Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:30:04pm |
The Onion should pull this, lest anyone in our retarded government get any ideas.
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albusteve Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:30:17pm |
can Britney kick your ass?…discuss
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
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scion9 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:30:33pm |
I notice the seal of Octavia is a variant of the octopus strangling the globe found in antisemitic art. Nice touch there. I can’t see what it says on the seal though.
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Gella Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:31:13pm |
re: #12 albusteve
can Britney kick your ass?…discuss
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
is it FOX major news of the day?? LOL
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:31:19pm |
re: #10 tradewind
Dammit!
I thought we had an Octomom thread started…
I was wondering what was now so parody worthy about Emperor Augustus’ sister…
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lawhawk Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:32:40pm |
The fake coup… to eliminate the government debt. It’s so stupid it might actually work… /
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MandyManners Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:33:15pm |
re: #6 FurryOldGuyJeans
You are obviously in need of
Re-education TrainingMusical Appreciation classes.
The beginning sounds like something out of Count Dracula’s organ.
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Desert Dog Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:34:23pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:34:35pm |
re: #19 MandyManners
The beginning sounds like something out of Count Dracula’s organ.
You saying Vlad the Impaler was a lousy musician? ;)
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Desert Dog Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:35:00pm |
re: #17 lawhawk
The fake coup… to eliminate the government debt. It’s so stupid it might actually work… /
I’ll vote of them, better than the current bunch of “revolutionaries” in there now
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esch Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:35:52pm |
re: #26 Desert Dog
I’ll vote of them, better than the current bunch of “revolutionaries” in there now
Careful, that’s how we got “The Body”.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:36:12pm |
re: #26 Desert Dog
I’ll vote of them, better than the current bunch of “revolutionaries” in there now
I’d vote for the ham sandwich.
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Shug Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:36:27pm |
I am disturbed by the sophmoric quality of some of these videos
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:37:10pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:37:11pm |
re: #29 Shug
I am disturbed by the sophmoric quality of some of these videos
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I’d be offenced at such rudery if that hadn’t been so nuanced.
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:37:46pm |
re: #29 Shug
I am disturbed by the sophmoric quality of some of these videos
///
Charles said she/he had like ten puppets…Hmmm…
;-)
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Pianobuff Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:37:57pm |
I think Obama ought to bring this guy on as his next czar - the appliance czar. I don’t think he’s doing anything these days either…
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:38:21pm |
re: #32 austin_blue
Charles said she/he had like ten puppets…Hmmm…
;-)
Wash day would have been a pain.
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:38:30pm |
re: #30 srb1976
I loved that book too…strangely funny
Did a movie version, too. Peter Sellers played (three?) roles.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:38:56pm |
re: #29 Shug
I am disturbed by the sophmoric quality of some of these videos
///
If you soph more do you seen yore?
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jcbunga Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:39:33pm |
Somewhere deep in the bowels of the White House someone is saying…”Why didn’t WE think of that? Work with me people…”
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:40:15pm |
re: #35 austin_blue
Did a movie version, too. Peter Sellers played (three?) roles.
3 was the number, and the number of the counting was 3.
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VioletTiger Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:40:39pm |
re: #32 austin_blue
Charles said she/he had like ten puppets…Hmmm…
;-)
What would anyone do with all those sock puppets? Have conversations with themselves?
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:40:55pm |
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:41:05pm |
re: #35 austin_blue
Did a movie version, too. Peter Sellers played (three?) roles.
Worth watching? (I’ve seen too many good books destroyed by movie people…sad really)
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Desert Dog Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:41:25pm |
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:41:26pm |
re: #39 VioletTiger
What would anyone do with all those sock puppets? Have conversations with themselves?
You expect rationality from the insane?!? PUH-LEEZE!
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:41:28pm |
Good evening lizards!
Here’s some Dan Rather news to make your Tuesday night more satisfying…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former TV news anchor Dan Rather sued CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward on Monday in a bid to have them reinstated as defendants in his $70 million lawsuit against the network.In a lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court, Rather accused the two men of fraud relating to his claim that CBS made him a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-President George W. Bush’s military record.
“These are the two individuals who committed the crime on behalf of CBS and we’re holding them personally responsible,” said Rather’s lawyer, Martin Gold.
Rather claims CBS breached his contract and its fiduciary duty in part by not giving him enough on-air assignments after he was removed in March 2005 after 24 years as anchor of the “CBS Evening News.”
CBS has appealed to have Rather’s entire 2007 lawsuit thrown out, and the appeal is being considered by the state appellate division.
“If anything, this latest tactic confirms that the whole charade is more a tiresome plea for attention by Rather than a serious lawsuit,” CBS said in a statement.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:43:11pm |
re: #41 srb1976
Worth watching? (I’ve seen too many good books destroyed by movie people…sad really)
Yes, very much so. Avoid the sequel, The Mouse on the Moon, though
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lawhawk Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:43:17pm |
re: #38 FurryOldGuyJeans
3 was the number, and the number of the counting was 3.
And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
Brother Maynard: Amen.
All: Amen.
King Arthur: Right. One… two… five.
Galahad: Three, sir.
King Arthur: Three.
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:43:21pm |
re: #39 VioletTiger
What would anyone do with all those sock puppets? Have conversations with themselves?
Given the individual involved, that’s probably an accurate description of the basement/underwear activities taking place between porn site runs. Which might make the socks more useful.
OK, that disgusted even me.
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Irenicum Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:44:14pm |
Anybody know about a Christian fiction writing couple named Brock and Bodie Theone? Well, I do. And let me tell you, they are officially crazy pants insane. A coworker who knows I frequent LGF (I rave about it always!) suggested I share my knowledge with Charles et al. They write historical fiction from the beginning of Christian history and from WWII. But when they blog, well, there’s when it gets interesting. They are REAL end timey! And in the last few days have gone to “quoting” OT passages to show Hebrew “words” that end up sounding like O…bama! Yep, they’ve gone to the pin the tail on the antichrist game! If you want some seriously crazy fun, read their blog (which they explain is short for a web log!). Discuss.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:45:02pm |
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:46:14pm |
re: #41 srb1976
Worth watching? (I’ve seen too many good books destroyed by movie people…sad really)
Actually, yes. Nothing earth-shaking, but fun, silly, and well done. Farce is farce, and Sellers was up to the game. As I recall, he played the Duchess, the Chamberlain, and Tully (??), who led the troops, in plate armor and armed with halberds, to invade New York.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:46:24pm |
Onion ripoff of IMF third world debt reduction plan./
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esch Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:47:05pm |
re: #48 Irenicum
I’ll say it again.
The AntiChrist would be a competent tyrant. O’s not. And more than 52% would love him to begin with.
/Assuming I were Christian and believed in any of this, of course.
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:47:47pm |
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jaunte Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:48:01pm |
re: #48 Irenicum
Wacky! I assume they eat their breakfast toast without Bama jam.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:48:05pm |
re: #51 austin_blue
Actually, yes. Nothing earth-shaking, but fun, silly, and well done. Farce is farce, and Sellers was up to the game. As I recall, he played the Duchess, the Chamberlain, and Tully (??), who led the troops, in plate armor and armed with halberds, to invade New York.
To surrender in New York, not invade. But they captured the Q-Bomb, and so “conquered” the US.
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MandyManners Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:48:08pm |
re: #44 NJDhockeyfan
“These are the two individuals who committed the crime on behalf of CBS and we’re holding them personally responsible,” said Rather’s lawyer, Martin Gold.
“Crime”?
I wonder how much of his fortune Rather’s pissing away on legal fees.
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Tarkus289 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:48:14pm |
I watched “Knowing” with Nicholas Cage last week, I thought it was great.
Did anyone else here see it?
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:48:17pm |
re: #51 austin_blue
Actually, yes. Nothing earth-shaking, but fun, silly, and well done. Farce is farce, and Sellers was up to the game. As I recall, he played the Duchess, the Chamberlain, and Tully (??), who led the troops, in plate armor and armed with halberds, to invade New York.
Sweet, I will have to go looking for it!
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capitalist piglet Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:48:18pm |
re: #48 Irenicum
Anybody know about a Christian fiction writing couple named Brock and Bodie Theone? Well, I do. And let me tell you, they are officially crazy pants insane. A coworker who knows I frequent LGF (I rave about it always!) suggested I share my knowledge with Charles et al. They write historical fiction from the beginning of Christian history and from WWII. But when they blog, well, there’s when it gets interesting. They are REAL end timey! And in the last few days have gone to “quoting” OT passages to show Hebrew “words” that end up sounding like O…bama! Yep, they’ve gone to the pin the tail on the antichrist game! If you want some seriously crazy fun, read their blog (which they explain is short for a web log!). Discuss.
One would presume that the antichrist won’t need a teleprompter.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:48:45pm |
re: #60 MandyManners
“Crime”?
I wonder how much of his fortune Rather’s pissing away on legal fees.
Here’s to hoping all of it.
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esch Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:49:19pm |
re: #61 Tarkus289
I watched “Knowing” with Nicholas Cage last week, I thought it was great.
Did anyone else here see it?
Me. It was pretty good. The end could have been better.
But I have to admit the crash scenes were great!.
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:49:30pm |
re: #58 jaunte
Wacky! I assume they eat their breakfast toast without Bama jam.
Mmm…Bama red plum jelly, on toast…Yay!
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VioletTiger Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:50:04pm |
re: #61 Tarkus289
I watched “Knowing” with Nicholas Cage last week, I thought it was great.
Did anyone else here see it?
Watched it with hubby over the weekend. I like his movies.
We also watched Horsemen. It must have been Apocalypse weekend.
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HelloDare Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:51:01pm |
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:51:18pm |
re: #59 FurryOldGuyJeans
To surrender in New York, not invade. But they captured the Q-Bomb, and so “conquered” the US.
Right. They kept waiting to be “captured” so that they could receive aid as a defeated country, but everyone in NYC ignored them (in plate armor and carrying halberds, again!!). They wandered up to Columbia and captured Doctor Kokintz (who had a lovely daughter, hubba hubba!).
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:51:46pm |
re: #63 capitalist piglet
One would presume that the antichrist won’t need a teleprompter.
Ever consider it is the TOTUS that is the Anti-Christ with a meat puppet?
/ is it sarcasm or is it memorex?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:52:40pm |
re: #70 austin_blue
Right. They kept waiting to be “captured” so that they could receive aid as a defeated country, but everyone in NYC ignored them (in plate armor and carrying halberds, again!!). They wandered up to Columbia and captured Doctor Kokintz (who had a lovely daughter, hubba hubba!).
They couldn’t FIND anyone to surrender to because everybody was in bomb shelters during the testing of the Q-Bomb.
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Irenicum Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:53:09pm |
re: #57 srb1976
It’s like deja vous all over again! I said that at work just last week!
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:54:26pm |
re: #71 FurryOldGuyJeans
Ever consider it is the TOTUS that is the Anti-Christ with a meat puppet?
/ is it sarcasm or is it memorex?
Satanic IT departments work his will.
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:54:33pm |
re: #72 FurryOldGuyJeans
They couldn’t FIND anyone to surrender to because everybody was in bomb shelters during the testing of the Q-Bomb.
It’s been years since I read the book, but I remember thinking at the time that it was not a bad idea…Declare war, commit a single act of aggression, surrender and demand foreign aid…brilliant = )
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:54:49pm |
re: #69 HelloDare
A shooting at an LA Fitness gym outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killed five people and wounded as many as 15 on Tuesday, a local official said. The shooter is among the fatalities, said Gary Vituccio, manager of Collier township. Witnesses told CNN affiliate WTAE that a man unrecognized by the gym’s staff turned off the lights and shot people in a Latin dance class.
I hate the tango! I hate the tango!
///
Really, though, why does shit like this happen? it seems so random.
I am betting there was a stalker involved. Perhaps the instructor’s ex.
Should I call the 24-hour rule on myself?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:54:54pm |
I will not hail Octavia until he reveals his nirth certificate!!!
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3 wood Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:54:59pm |
Look’s like oil will be getting more expensive.
Kilduff: Get Ready for $100 Oil
Crude oil prices re-took the $70 per barrel level, yesterday, and they are poised to climb further. In fact, prices are likely to hit the $100 mark before year-end. Economic and geopolitical factors are at work, once again, to produce a return to triple-digit oil.
Why so?
Despite all the talk and analysis surrounding China’s economy, its appetite for raw materials and energy is being underestimated. China has been consistently using its vast currency reserves to lock up physical supplies of oil around the world. We have seen several high-profile loan agreements with sovereign nations whose repayment terms consist of oil and gas, not more Yuan.
On the geopolitical front, perennially unreliable Nigeria is becoming an even greater problem: mere separatist strife, with demands by local rebel groups for a greater share of oil revenues, may be transforming into another religious battle ground, pitting much of the Muslim northern part of the country against the predominantly Christian oil-rich south.
In addition, the devaluing dollar due to deficit spending will cause the price of oil to rise.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:55:38pm |
re: #76 srb1976
It’s been years since I read the book, but I remember thinking at the time that it was not a bad idea…Declare war, commit a single act of aggression, surrender and demand foreign aid…brilliant = )
See the movie. Well worth the waste of time. ;)
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:56:00pm |
re: #72 FurryOldGuyJeans
They couldn’t FIND anyone to surrender to because everybody was in bomb shelters during the testing of the Q-Bomb.
Oh! That’s right! The joint was deserted! (It has to have been thirty years since I’ve seen it.)
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RunningBare Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:56:18pm |
re: #63 capitalist piglet
One would presume that the antichrist won’t need a teleprompter.
What if… the teleprompter IS the antichrist???!?!?!?!?!?!
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:56:30pm |
re: #78 Mad Al-Jaffee
I will not hail Octavia until he reveals his nirth certificate!!!
Octavia sounds like an awfully girly name for our new overlord…shouldn’t it be Octavius? Or maybe it was…the mind, it’s gone…advanced CRS disease = )
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2soonold2latesmart Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:56:45pm |
Meanwhile, Michael Jackson is still dead.
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MandyManners Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:57:02pm |
re: #64 FurryOldGuyJeans
Here’s to hoping all of it.
Can you see him in a few years, homeless, wandering the streets with a tin can and a sign around his neck that says, “WILL REPORT FOR FOOD”?
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RunningBare Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:57:25pm |
re: #71 FurryOldGuyJeans
Ever consider it is the TOTUS that is the Anti-Christ with a meat puppet?
/ is it sarcasm or is it memorex?
Darn you, Furry Old Guy! Darn you to HECK!
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:57:37pm |
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capitalist piglet Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:57:41pm |
re: #83 RunningBare
What if… the teleprompter IS the antichrist???!?!?!?!?!?!
Bare, I see your cool eggplant if I click on your avatar, but here I still see the skull/lizard. (Maybe I just need to refresh the page?)
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:57:54pm |
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:57:58pm |
re: #80 3 wood
Look’s like oil will be getting more expensive.
Kilduff: Get Ready for $100 Oil
In addition, the devaluing dollar due to deficit spending will cause the price of oil to rise.
Not to mention that Cantarell in Mexico appears to be on the edge of crashing.
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tradewind Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:58:23pm |
re: #64 FurryOldGuyJeans
His lawyers take a percentage of the settlement or award… usually a third in that sort of case.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:58:27pm |
re: #80 3 wood
Look’s like oil will be getting more expensive.
Kilduff: Get Ready for $100 Oil
In addition, the devaluing dollar due to deficit spending will cause the price of oil to rise.
Going to be interesting to see how the MFM/WH will spin this into ‘It’s Bush’s fault!’
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capitalist piglet Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:58:34pm |
re: #87 RunningBare
Darn you, Furry Old Guy! Darn you to HECK!
You should tell Furry about the “scooter gang” we’re planning to form. He’s just south of us, maybe he’d like to join! : )
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:58:53pm |
re: #80 3 wood
Look’s like oil will be getting more expensive.
Kilduff: Get Ready for $100 Oil
In addition, the devaluing dollar due to deficit spending will cause the price of oil to rise.
And at some point the manufacturing jobs will come back home due to sky high Chinese wages.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:59:02pm |
re: #86 MandyManners
Can you see him in a few years, homeless, wandering the streets with a tin can and a sign around his neck that says, “WILL REPORT FOR FOOD”?
Would love to see HIM get grilled on a investigative news show.
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:59:30pm |
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RunningBare Tue, Aug 4, 2009 7:59:42pm |
re: #90 FurryOldGuyJeans
Neener, neener, neener! ;)
That’s it. You fall asleep, I’m totally shaving the seams of your furry old guy jeans… Then we’ll see who’s all “neener neener neener”.
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Shug Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:00:05pm |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
Going to be interesting to see how the MFM/WH will spin this into ‘It’s Bush’s fault!’
as far as it takes
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RunningBare Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:00:18pm |
re: #89 capitalist piglet
Bare, I see your cool eggplant if I click on your avatar, but here I still see the skull/lizard. (Maybe I just need to refresh the page?)
I would guess so… I’m singing the “Singing Eggplant…” song right now.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:01:21pm |
re: #93 tradewind
His lawyers take a percentage of the settlement or award… usually a third in that sort of case.
That is assuming he wins and gets a judgment or settlement. Here’s to hoping he keeps on losing and having to pay the blood-sucking ambulance chasers.
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3 wood Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:01:22pm |
Getting Stronger: Economists Raise Third-Quarter GDP Forecasts
A smaller-than-anticipated 1% contraction in the second-quarter gross domestic product and signs that businesses were paring down inventories, have inspired a spate of analysts to revise their third-quarter forecasts for economic growth. Here are a few we’ve collected so far. We’ll continue to update the list as more revisions roll in.
Analyst Q3 - Prev. Q3 - Revised
Credit Suisse 1.3% 2.0%
Deutsche Bank 0.0% 2.0%
J.P. Morgan 2.5% 3.0%
Moody’s 1.1% 1.6%
Morgan Stanley 1% 3%-4%
T. Rowe Price 1.3% 2.75%
UBS 2.0% 2.5%
Wells Fargo 2.2% 3.0%
Of course, you always want to remember what one of my old Econ. Prof’s said. “If you take all the economists in the world and put them end to end, they will not reach a conclusion.”
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:01:55pm |
re: #99 RunningBare
That’s it. You fall asleep, I’m totally shaving the seams of your furry old guy jeans… Then we’ll see who’s all “neener neener neener”.
Doing that would take longer than painting the Golden Gate bridge. ;)
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:02:22pm |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
Going to be interesting to see how the MFM/WH will spin this into ‘It’s Bush’s fault!’
Here’s a good site if you are interested in production/price/scarcity issues in world oil production:
[Link: www.theoildrum.com…]
Disclaimer- These guys are real hard core Hubbert guys, but they have been pretty spot on about production trends.
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jaunte Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:02:50pm |
re: #80 3 wood
Look’s like oil will be getting more expensive.
Kilduff: Get Ready for $100 Oil
In addition, the devaluing dollar due to deficit spending will cause the price of oil to rise.
At least our taxes won’t be going up. So we’ve got that going for us.
[Link: www.latimes.com…]
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3 wood Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:03:29pm |
re: #94 NJDhockeyfan
Going to be interesting to see how the MFM/WH will spin this into ‘It’s Bush’s fault!’
My guess is they will opt for the “texas oilman conspiracy” theory.
Not to be confused with the O’Reilly hedge fund conspiracy theory.
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RunningBare Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:03:49pm |
re: #95 capitalist piglet
You should tell Furry about the “scooter gang” we’re planning to form. He’s just south of us, maybe he’d like to join! : )
Cool. Heck’s Angels could always use a few more people. We’re totally gonna be riding those suburban streets, surround cars driven by the straights and hitting their cars with paper-mache chains, scarin’ the bejeezus out of em… Rock Hard, Ride Free…
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3 wood Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:04:54pm |
re: #96 Spare O’Lake
And at some point the manufacturing jobs will come back home due to sky high Chinese wages.
I just sprayed some hot tea on my screen at that one.
But surely the left wing will enact a living wage regulation that will make us all rich.
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:04:59pm |
re: #104 3 wood
Forecasts. More mumbo-jumbo pulling numbers outa their ass voodoo.
Yet again something they can “revise” as needed to suit whatever the latest meme of the day is.
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:05:44pm |
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3 wood Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:06:00pm |
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:06:58pm |
re: #103 FurryOldGuyJeans
That is assuming he wins and gets a judgment or settlement. Here’s to hoping he keeps on losing and having to pay the blood-sucking ambulance chasers.
He won’t have to pay his own lawyers if he loses in Court, at least not if they are on a contingency fee arrangement. However the legal costs of the defendants will bankrupt him if he does not settle out of court and loses at trial.
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3 wood Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:07:01pm |
re: #113 FurryOldGuyJeans
Forecasts. More mumbo-jumbo pulling numbers outa their ass voodoo.Yet again something they can “revise” as needed to suit whatever the latest meme of the day is.
I always tell my Econ students that I
m sure I can find an “economist” who also thinks Elvis is still alive.
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capitalist piglet Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:08:04pm |
re: #102 Irenicum
Not so heavy metal thunder!!!
“Heck’s Angels”. We actually had a salesperson at Nordstrom thinking we were serious. She said, “I’m going to have to look that up!”
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srb1976 Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:08:22pm |
Terribly OT/ but I can’t wait for our pug puppy to outgrow the “crackmonkey” phase…it’s exhausting
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hous bin pharteen Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:09:29pm |
I thought those “creationist” decided to take over the congress by force. Come out from under your beds. It is only comedy.
Congress will be okay.
Since that oh so smart “cash for clunkers” plan went so well, they can now screw up the health system.
The demo-rats do such good work!
Money is no problem…for them.
Like the Gov of PA wants to increase taxes. Like we don’t pay enough now.
You know the one? Ed Rendell? The one who had mafia donations for his election campaign and now is paying the mob back with more casino’s opening in their neck of the woods. Nothing to see here.
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RunningBare Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:10:27pm |
re: #119 capitalist piglet
“Heck’s Angels”. We actually had a salesperson at Nordstrom thinking we were serious. She said, “I’m going to have to look that up!”
That was pretty damned funny.
Although, Nordstrom has been a little less fun since you made me stop playing with the mannequin boobies.
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Irenicum Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:10:53pm |
re: #114 austin_blue
As someone who grew up on Staten Island I really appreciate you saying that!
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Shug Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:14:05pm |
re: #113 FurryOldGuyJeans
Forecasts. More mumbo-jumbo pulling numbers outa their ass voodoo.
Yet again something they can “revise” as needed to suit whatever the latest meme of the day is.
I like it when they forecast 10 year deficits or surpluses.
They can’t even predict next week, let alone 10 years!
and always though the projected savings or things phased in or phased out are in year 8 or 9 of 10 !
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3 wood Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:14:35pm |
Good night folks. We will see what tomorrow’s markets will bring.
I’m thinking pull back.
By the way, I’m about back to even with where I was before the market crashed. And I did not short sell either. I just assumed that Obama would really screw things up but good, I assumed that Geithner could not pour piss out of a boot if you printed the instructions on the heel and would trash the dollar, and invested accordingly (Walmart, dollar stores, cheap fast food, that sort of thing) and got well. Not bragging, just saying it’s possible to do.
Socialists are so predictable. Especially when they clearly don’t understand economics.
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austin_blue Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:15:16pm |
re: #118 3 wood
I always tell my Econ students that I
m sure I can find an “economist” who also thinks Elvis is still alive.
3 wood, while you are here, I’ve got a question from an admitted layman who took a couple of econ courses and has read a fair amount.
Everyone says that the vast infusion of cash from the Fed will lead to inflation, but we just haven’t seen it. Is this because the infusion is meant to cushion the fact that there are trillions of virtual dollars in derivatives and tranches that don’t actually exist?
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FurryOldGuyJeans Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:16:26pm |
re: #125 3 wood
Socialists are so predictable. Especially when they clearly don’t understand economics.
If they understood economics they wouldn’t be Socialists.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:16:51pm |
Abbas: We want peace but reserve the right to legitimate resistance.
Translation: Even if we get a State, continued subhuman animalistic terrorist murders of innocent Israeli civilians will remain our preferred modus operandi.
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hous bin pharteen Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:24:19pm |
re: #127 FurryOldGuyJeans
What? There is economic classes in college? Who would have thought that?
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Dancing along the light of day Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:30:46pm |
re: #122 RunningBare
That was pretty damned funny.
Although, Nordstrom has been a little less fun since you made me stop playing with the mannequin boobies.
I’m torn. I both do and do not want to hear that story…
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ladycatnip Tue, Aug 4, 2009 8:36:44pm |
#83 RunningBare
What if… the teleprompter IS the antichrist???!?!?!?!?!?!
You’re on to something…I can feel it.
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