Anti-vaccination kook Jenny McCarthy has been signed up as a “health expert” for a personalized exercise game by Ubisoft: Tom (son of Jack?) Chick gives a heads up: Ubisoft is using anti-vaccine wingnut Jenny McCarthy in its new Wii game.
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:11:28pm |
If she's a health expert, I'm the Queen of Sheba.
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opnion Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:11:57pm |
Jenny McCarthy is the hottest chick to ever graduate Mother McCauley High School in Oak Lawn, IL , just not real bright
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Sheila Broflovski Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:12:41pm |
If she's a health expert, I am the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:12:57pm |
will that exercise include jiggling of flotation devises?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:13:04pm |
Jenny is totally hawt.
Jenny is totally witless.
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Dan G. Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:13:25pm |
Health and fitness are not the same thing... Companies should be avoiding her like the plague.
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:14:40pm |
Quote from an article:
"What? Weight Watchers is using Jenny as a spokesperson, too? I've fortunately been spared seeing that--yet."
weight loss of her gray matter??
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:14:57pm |
If she's a health expert, I have the physique of Conan the Barbarian.
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:15:02pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:15:14pm |
The comments after the article are funny!
Hi Lizards!
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Cato the Elder Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:15:25pm |
If she's a health expert, Sarah Palin is qualified to run a dog pound.
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:15:30pm |
re: #5 Alouette
If she's a health expert, I am the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Wowza1 ANOTHER MIND-MELD.
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:15:36pm |
Well at least it's not a "Manage the CDC" game. I'm sure her blond bounciness will sell lots of games. Can't say I won't laugh if she shows up in the game wearing a leotard with little circle-slashed syringes on it.
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:15:42pm |
re: #10 pre-Boomer Marine brat
If she's a health expert, I have the physique of Conan the Barbarian.
seriously, u might just be, we never seen ur pics :))
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wahabicorridor Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:16:12pm |
jeebus. That's kinda like signing up Kevorkian to be an 'end of life' consultant.
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Sharmuta Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:16:18pm |
re: #11 MandyManners
We were so on the same train, Darlin'.
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Sheila Broflovski Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:16:39pm |
re: #14 MandyManners
Wowza1 ANOTHER MIND-MELD.
Who'da thunk that the Queen of Sheba, the Queen of England and Grand Duchess Anastasia all post on the same blog?
We just need Napoleon and Elvis.
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Idle Drifter Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:16:50pm |
Well there's no shortage of stupid in the world.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:17:39pm |
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:17:57pm |
White House appears ready to drop 'public option'
WASHINGTON – Bowing to Republican pressure, President Barack Obama's administration signaled on Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.
Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans that would include health insurance cooperatives instead of a government-run plan. Such a concession probably would enrage Obama's liberal supporters but could deliver a much-needed victory on a top domestic priority opposed by GOP lawmakers.
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:18:13pm |
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Shug Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:18:13pm |
re: #13 Cato the Elder
If she's a health expert, Sarah Palin is qualified to run a dog pound.
you are an obsessed angry old fart, aren't ya ?
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Shug Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:18:33pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:20:25pm |
re: #5 Alouette
If she's a health expert, I am the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
I call Marie of Romania. Anyone got Marie?
OK, if she is a health care expert, I am Marie of Romania.
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Green Helmet Guy Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:20:25pm |
"thats 'Dr. Jenny' to you! And no, I am not role playing"
we are doomed :(
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Mich-again Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:20:32pm |
I'm not sure why the writer kept referring to her as a "wingnut". Is he trying to paint her as right wing? Everywhere outside of the NHL, the term "wingnut" is used to slur conservatives.
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:22:05pm |
re: #31 Mich-again
I'm not sure why the writer kept referring to her as a "wingnut". Is he trying to paint her as right wing? Everywhere outside of the NHL, the term "wingnut" is used to slur conservatives.
Well, maybe it's regional. I grew up in PA/NJ and "wingnut" always just meant someone who was nuts. Like whack job or screw loose, etc. I honestly didn't start associating that with a conservative slight until maybe the last five years.
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FrogMarch Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:22:49pm |
Like a politician, she's tweaked her tune a wee bit.
[Link: shine.yahoo.com...]
Jenny McCarthy has certainly fallen under fire for being the way she is. Last year, actor Amanda Peet spoke out strongly against parents who choose not to vaccinate, calling them "parasites." [Read the interview with Amanda Peet here.]Other parents joined the chorus (here on Shine and many other sites), prompting McCarthy to respond with a clarification that she is not anti-vaccination but is against the way they are administered to children who are potentially more vulnerable than others:
"I think vaccines are one of the greatest things ever invented," she said. "I used to be [Peet] before I had a kid with autism."
Super.
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itellu3times Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:23:54pm |
If she's a health expert then I'm La Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula, trolley cars and all.
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brookly red Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:24:21pm |
I kinda like to health experts to at least have the letters M & D after their names, but that's just me.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:24:35pm |
If Jenny is a health expert, Alfred E. Neuman is the Chairman of Columbia's Philosophy Depar ...
...
... uh ... oh, never mind.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:25:25pm |
re: #36 brookly red
I kinda like to health experts to at least have the letters M & D after their names, but that's just me.
I'll settle for R.N. or Ph.D., but you know, something like that...
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brookly red Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:25:52pm |
re: #20 Idle Drifter
Well there's no shortage of stupid in the world.
but the price keeps going up anyway...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:26:40pm |
re: #35 itellu3times
If she's a health expert then I'm La Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula, trolley cars and all.
If you are She, then this blog is really honored...
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snowcrash Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:27:56pm |
Yep, the semi naked queen of the toilet seat advertisement (Candy's shoe ad) reinvents herself as health expert. blech. Cutesy smile and undies around the ankle tells me all I need to know about ms.jenny on the pot.
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HelloDare Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:28:49pm |
McCarthy's only hope is a brain implant. Until that technology catches up with her breast implants, Jenny will continue to expose herself as an idiot.
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itellu3times Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:28:59pm |
re: #40 SanFranciscoZionist
If you are She, then this blog is really honored...
Thank you very much, and in that role, I happen to have a bridge you may be interested in buying.
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horse Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:29:05pm |
Just like the last thread, the crazies always get the jobs in fields they are actively destroying!
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itellu3times Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:30:10pm |
re: #44 horse
Just like the last thread, the crazies always get the jobs in fields they are actively destroying!
reported to the white house snitch line
/
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:30:25pm |
re: #41 snowcrash
Yep, the semi naked queen of the toilet seat advertisement (Candy's shoe ad) reinvents herself as health expert. blech. Cutesy smile and undies around the ankle tells me all I need to know about ms.jenny on the pot.
I recall seeing that. Was she giving health advice that long ago?
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horse Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:30:28pm |
re: #13 Cato the Elder
LOL, you got the Palin Walin' stick out today! Palin is to dog what Cato is to Michael Vick.
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SurferDoc Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:30:37pm |
To me, "Stupid" is being a condescending prick on the internet, speculating on the intelligence of others who have actually done something in life, and not seeing how transparent they are themselves.
But who am I to judge?
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brookly red Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:30:40pm |
re: #44 horse
Just like the last thread, the crazies always get the jobs in fields they are actively destroying!
/elections have consequences...
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LeslieG Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:31:50pm |
A warning that the new swine flu jab is linked to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the Government to senior neurologists in a confidential letter.
The letter from the Health Protection Agency, the official body that oversees public health, has been leaked to The Mail on Sunday, leading to demands to know why the information has not been given to the public before the vaccination of millions of people, including children, begins.
It tells the neurologists that they must be alert for an increase in a brain disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), which could be triggered by the vaccine.
GBS attacks the lining of the nerves, causing paralysis and inability to breathe, and can be fatal.
The letter, sent to about 600 neurologists on July 29, is the first sign that there is concern at the highest levels that the vaccine itself could cause serious complications.
It refers to the use of a similar swine flu vaccine in the United States in 1976 when:
* More people died from the vaccination than from swine flu.
* 500 cases of GBS were detected.
* The vaccine may have increased the risk of contracting GBS by eight times.
* The vaccine was withdrawn after just ten weeks when the link with GBS became clear.
* The US Government was forced to pay out millions of dollars to those affected.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:32:53pm |
re: #47 horse
LOL, you got the Palin Walin' stick out today! Palin is to dog what Cato is to Michael Vick.
My husband reported seeing a woman on TV with a sign saying "Lock up your beagle, Vick is an Eagle".
Personally, I wanted him executed.
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JarHeadLifer Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:33:40pm |
Welcome to the world of Oprah. The queen of daytime talk indulges the idiotic musings of a celebutard (one who's most famous for being naked), and the next thing you know, she's touted as an expert.
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brookly red Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:34:32pm |
re: #51 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband reported seeing a woman on TV with a sign saying "Lock up your beagle, Vick is an Eagle".
Personally, I wanted him executed.
/thrown to the dogs would work...
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wahabicorridor Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:34:48pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:35:20pm |
re: #51 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband reported seeing a woman on TV with a sign saying "Lock up your beagle, Vick is an Eagle".
Personally, I wanted him executed.
Was talking to someone the other day (in person, no less) who was anti- Vick. Thought he should never get a job again.
The same person also believed that felons should be allowed to vote.
D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T!
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:35:51pm |
in my opinion, Jenny McCarthy is just an attention whore who can't find a job, because nobody wants to see her naked anymore, more then anything
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brookly red Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:36:05pm |
re: #52 JarHeadLifer
Welcome to the world of Oprah. The queen of daytime talk indulges the idiotic musings of a celebutard (one who's most famous for being naked), and the next thing you know, she's touted as an expert.
if you have a naked Oprah link please keep it to yourself...
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solomonpanting Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:36:15pm |
re: #55 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Was talking to someone the other day (in person, no less) who was anti- Vick. Thought he should never get a job again.
The same person also believed that felons should be allowed to vote.
D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T!
Must have been a member of PETA.
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opnion Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:36:24pm |
re: #13 Cato the Elder
If she's a health expert, Sarah Palin is qualified to run a dog pound.
Dude ,you are obsessed with Sarah Palin & you're viciousness is out of control. Do you have hots for her?
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horse Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:36:43pm |
re: #56 Gella
in my opinion, Jenny McCarthy is just an attention whore who can't find a job, because nobody wants to see her naked anymore, more then anything
I think you inadvertently added the word "attention".
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:37:32pm |
My family Dr. is perfectly good for writing prescription, but when I want real medical advice I seek out the wisdom of Sean Penn, Tom Cruise and other high profile health advisors.
/
I just found out innoculations have been witheld from my grandaughter - her mother, a very smart woman, is listening to the scare-you crap coming from the Oprah camp of the medical community.
This is really troubling. Where do you find a celebrity to counter this insanity?
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:37:34pm |
re: #60 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Speak for yerself.
well D'oH, i am watching 2 young hotties play tennis now :)
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:37:39pm |
re: #55 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Was talking to someone the other day (in person, no less) who was anti- Vick. Thought he should never get a job again.
The same person also believed that felons should be allowed to vote.
D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T!
Hmm this made me think a bit, not sure how I feel about it. I guess I think a felon who is still serving sentence should not be allowed to vote. Once the full sentence including probation is completely I think they should be able to vote. Giving the incentive to the idea that mistakes can be overcome if you work at it.
Thanks for the food for thought.
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Idle Drifter Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:38:14pm |
re: #52 JarHeadLifer
Welcome to the world of Oprah. The queen of daytime talk indulges the idiotic musings of a celebutard (one who's most famous for being naked), and the next thing you know, she's touted as an expert.
Only on Oprah can there be a pregnant man.
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opnion Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:38:18pm |
re: #52 JarHeadLifer
Welcome to the world of Oprah. The queen of daytime talk indulges the idiotic musings of a celebutard (one who's most famous for being naked), and the next thing you know, she's touted as an expert.
Reminds of that noted Climatologist Al Gore leading the Global Warming Movement.
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brookly red Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:38:35pm |
re: #55 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Was talking to someone the other day (in person, no less) who was anti- Vick. Thought he should never get a job again.
The same person also believed that felons should be allowed to vote.
D-I-S-C-O-N-N-E-C-T!
well I don't know... seems a lot of felons hold office, it might be fair.
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:39:24pm |
re: #51 SanFranciscoZionist
Personally, I wanted him executed
.
Alpo and water in solitary confinement for life would seem just to me.
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:40:37pm |
Jenny doing what she does best. Maybe more of this and less of the health expert stuff.
NSFW!
[Link: I warned you... NSFW!]
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midwestgak Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:40:49pm |
re: #13 Cato the Elder
If she's a health expert, Sarah Palin is qualified to run a dog pound.
Why do you bring her name into a thread that isn't even remotely about her?
You are hard on her, I've noticed.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:42:35pm |
re: #73 midwestgak
Why do you bring her name into a thread that isn't even remotely about her?
You are hard on her, I've noticed.
You're phraseology is a tad off, imho
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opnion Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:42:37pm |
re: #71 MandyManners
Has Oprah ever had Van Jones on?
Have you noticed that Oprah launched Obamas presidential campaign & now Jenny McCarthy's talk show career? Coincidence?
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Randall Gross Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:42:58pm |
The newest campaign of the anti-vaxxers is anti-H1N1 innoculations. Here's a fact based article that lays out the controversy.
Swine Flu, Anti-Vaccinationists and Guillain-Barré Syndrome
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:43:13pm |
re: #72 Locker
and you have that at your ready disposal because ,,,???
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:43:50pm |
re: #77 sattv4u2
and you have that at your ready disposal because ,,,???
Umm... because I know how to type "jenny mccarthy naked" into google and click the first link? It's amazing what the interwebz can do don't cha know!
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Sharmuta Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:44:58pm |
re: #76 Thanos
The newest campaign of the anti-vaxxers is anti-H1N1 innoculations. Here's a fact based article that lays out the controversy.
Swine Flu, Anti-Vaccinationists and Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Will it be covered under Obama-care? Are the anti-vaxxers for or against this bill, I wonder?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:45:58pm |
re: #78 Locker
Umm... because I know how to type "jenny mccarthy naked" into google and click the first link? It's amazing what the interwebz can do don't cha know!
and your 1st thought6 WOULD be to type "jenny mcarthy naked" insted of "jenny mcarthy anti-vax"
Amazing what the mind can do, son't cha know!
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opnion Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:46:55pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:47:06pm |
He's an environmental activist according to Oprah's magazine.
[Link: www.oprah.com...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:47:13pm |
re: #80 Sharmuta
Will it be covered under Obama-care? Are the anti-vaxxers for or against this bill, I wonder?
We've already seen that the anti-vax crowd splits ideologically. I hazard a guess that the leftward-leaning anti-vaxers favor the bill, and the rightward-leaning not only oppose it, but are starting to speculate that they would be forced to vaccinate under it.
Just my projection, based on past performances.
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:47:33pm |
re: #81 sattv4u2
and your 1st thought6 WOULD be to type "jenny mcarthy naked" insted of "jenny mcarthy anti-vax"
Amazing what the mind can do, son't cha know!
The post was about doing what she does best so I google to support it. Are you, instead, supporting her anti-vax credentials as being higher than her naked ones?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:47:34pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:48:10pm |
re: #75 opnion
Have you noticed that Oprah launched Obamas presidential campaign & now Jenny McCarthy's talk show career? Coincidence?
Her tentacles are long.
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:48:15pm |
re: #81 sattv4u2
and your 1st thought6 WOULD be to type "jenny mcarthy naked" insted of "jenny mcarthy anti-vax"
Amazing what the mind can do, son't cha know!
I typed Jenny Mcarthy naked native intelligence - and got the same damn thing!
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:48:38pm |
re: #86 sattv4u2
re: #81 sattv4u2
So next time we discuss Nancy Peslosi backing the health care plan you'll automaticallu google "NANCY PELOSI NAKED", right?
For as much as you might dislike Nancy Pelosi I don't think you want me backing and linking to her naked credentials over her health care ones. Would you?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:48:39pm |
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horse Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:49:04pm |
re: #84 SanFranciscoZionist
We've already seen that the anti-vax crowd splits ideologically. I hazard a guess that the leftward-leaning anti-vaxers favor the bill, and the rightward-leaning not only oppose it, but are starting to speculate that they would be forced to vaccinate under it.
Just my projection, based on past performances.
That's what I was just thinking. They will be for it before they are against it.
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:49:07pm |
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Mich-again Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:49:31pm |
re: #32 Locker
I honestly didn't start associating that with a conservative slight until maybe the last five years.
Perhaps in the past "wingnut" may have referred to a radical of either persuasion, but not anymore. The writer knows exactly the context of the word.
And sure there are right wing nuts who push anti-vaccine BS. But Jenny McCarthy isn't one of them.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:49:43pm |
re: #89 Locker
For as much as you might dislike Nancy Pelosi I don't think you want me backing and linking to her naked credentials over her health care ones. Would you?
You look at and post all the naked links you care too
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midwestgak Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:50:27pm |
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opnion Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:50:51pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:50:53pm |
re: #92 Gella
gross
Y' think THAT's gross, y' better hope no one unlimbers the Doomsday Weapon ... H*l*n Th*m*s n*k*d
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:51:02pm |
re: #87 MandyManners
Her tentacles are long.
Oprah is frighteningly influential.
Interestingly, she attended Rev. Wright's church for a while, and left--partly because she was starting to reach out to a broader audience.
Intriguing that she realized he was divisive, and our president didn't. She's got a good head for show business.
Not such a good head for choosing medical experts, unfortunately. Even Dr. Oz apparently backed her up on the whole idea of American blacks having thyroid problems due to natural selection during the Middle Passage, which has been pretty well debunked, I think.
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horse Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:51:13pm |
re: #87 MandyManners
Her tentacles are long.
When I first glanced at this I thought you wrote testicles, realized my error, laughed, and then realized that was probably true too, at least metaphorically.
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:51:34pm |
re: #93 Mich-again
Perhaps in the past "wingnut" may have referred to a radical of either persuasion, but not anymore. The writer knows exactly the context of the word.
And sure there are right wing nuts who push anti-vaccine BS. But Jenny McCarthy isn't one of them.
Oh I was just commenting on the term itself man not the article. I didn't even read it. When I think Jenny Mccarthy I google "Jenny mccarthy naked" unlike my good friend sattv4u2 who, when he thinks of Jenny Mccarthy googles "jenny mccarthy anti-vax".
Hehe sorry just giving him some grief.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:52:07pm |
re: #95 midwestgak
Hum, the phraseology is spot on, imho.
In Catos case, I was thinkimng more on the lines of "You are hard FOR her" instead of "You are hard ON her"
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:52:26pm |
re: #97 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Y' think THAT's gross, y' better hope no one unlimbers the Doomsday Weapon ... H*l*n Th*m*s n*k*d
hoolly ...
i need a brown bag now...
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:52:55pm |
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:53:04pm |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:53:16pm |
re: #100 Locker
Oh I was just commenting on the term itself man not the article. I didn't even read it. When I think Jenny Mccarthy I google "Jenny mccarthy naked" unlike my good friend sattv4u2 who, when he thinks of Jenny Mccarthy googles "jenny mccarthy anti-vax".
Hehe sorry just giving him some grief.
THAT is "giving grief"?
wow ,,, I'm ,,, devastated!
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:53:27pm |
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opnion Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:53:32pm |
re: #101 sattv4u2
In Catos case, I was thinkimng more on the lines of "You are hard FOR her" instead of "You are hard ON her"
Inquiring mids want to know.
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:53:57pm |
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NY Nana Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:54:30pm |
re: #10 pre-Boomer Marine brat
If she's a health expert, I have the physique of Conan the Barbarian.
/Be happy it's not the physique of Conan O'Brien !
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:55:11pm |
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MisterCookie Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:55:16pm |
I've always been a fairly avid gamer. As of now, Ubisoft joins EA on the boycott list.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:55:17pm |
re: #106 Gella
LOOOL, its ok
[Link: americandinosaur.mu.nu...]
(no, I did NOT click on the link on that page ... :D )
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midwestgak Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:55:25pm |
re: #101 sattv4u2
In Catos case, I was thinkimng more on the lines of "You are hard FOR her" instead of "You are hard ON her"
I deliberately put a space between hard and on. Was being subtle.
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:55:30pm |
this one even better, body of Jenny McCarthy with Pelosi face
Image: pelosi_warrior.jpg
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:55:50pm |
re: #112 pre-Boomer Marine brat
(no, I did NOT click on the link on that page ... :D )
but u should :) u might even like it...
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JHW Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:57:02pm |
McCarthy should be aware of the historical company she keeps on the anti-vac front. Here's a particularly odious one, titled "The vaccination"
Streicher
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Idle Drifter Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:57:03pm |
re: #114 Gella
this one even better, body of Jenny McCarthy with Pelosi face
[Link: media.photobucket.com...]
I sense a disturbance in the force.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:57:21pm |
re: #111 MisterCookie
I've always been a fairly avid gamer. As of now, Ubisoft joins EA on the boycott list.
Just curious, what is your objection to EA?
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Shug Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:58:51pm |
re: #114 Gella
this one even better, body of Jenny McCarthy with Pelosi face
[Link: media.photobucket.com...]
an original california two sacker
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:58:52pm |
re: #109 NY Nana
/Be happy it's not the physique of Conan O'Brien !
I'm quite happy being utterly clueless about who that is
/yes, I did a quick Google image search ... *shrug, yawn*
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:59:05pm |
re: #117 Idle Drifter
I concur. It's as if a million voices cried out and were suddenly silenced.
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solomonpanting Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:59:36pm |
"Partnering with Jenny McCarthy was a no-brainer for us," said Tony Key, vice president of sales and marketing, North America
"Jenny McCarthy" and "no-brainer" in the same sentence.
Coincidence?
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:59:57pm |
My ability to ignore my contempt for certain game companies in order to play good games is astounding. What's everyone playing? Personally I've been playing Vanguard since March but on a summer break and just played through Oblivion again on X360.
Strangely my gaming need has been sated lately by Mafia Wars and Texas Hold'em on facebook.
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Wendya Sun, Aug 16, 2009 12:59:58pm |
re: #13 Cato the Elder
If she's a health expert, Sarah Palin is qualified to run a dog pound.
I dinged you for this because it's the most asinine attempt yet to drag Palin's name into a conversation.
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snowcrash Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:00:04pm |
Is her health avatar (snicker) in a game marketed for women or men?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:00:26pm |
re: #122 solomonpanting
"Jenny McCarthy" and "no-brainer" in the same sentence.
Coincidence?
Freudian
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HelloDare Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:01:03pm |
re: #13 Cato the Elder
If she's a health expert, Sarah Palin is qualified to run a dog pound.
Palin was reelected mayor, serving two three-year terms.
She later chaired and reformed the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, protesting what she called the "lack of ethics" of fellow Republican members.
After resigning from the commission, Palin filed a formal complaint against Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner Randy Ruedrich, also the chair of the state Republican Party, accusing him of doing work for the party on public time and of working closely with a company he was supposed to be regulating. She also joined with Democratic legislator Eric Croft to file a complaint against Gregg Renkes, a former Alaskan Attorney General, accusing him of having a financial conflict of interest in negotiating a coal exporting trade agreement, while Renkes was the subject of investigation and after records suggesting a possible conflict of interest had been released to the public. Ruedrich and Renkes both resigned and Ruedrich paid a record $12,000 fine
In 2006, running on a clean-government platform, Palin defeated incumbent Governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary. She had championed ethics reform throughout her election campaign.
Her first legislative action after taking office was to push for a bipartisan ethics reform bill. She signed the resulting legislation in July 2007, calling it a "first step", and declaring that she remained determined to clean up Alaska politics
Palin signed a bill authorizing the State of Alaska to award TransCanada Pipelines—the sole bidder to meet the state's requirements—a license to build and operate a pipeline to transport natural gas from the North Slope to the Continental United States through Canada ...
... in 2009, Cato the Elder said she wasn't qualified to run a dog pound.
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midwestgak Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:01:12pm |
re: #114 Gella
Hey Gella. Are you getting thunderstorms yet? It's getting darker by the minute just west of Chicago. Just a heads up.
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:01:43pm |
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Cato the Elder Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:02:01pm |
re: #124 Wendya
I dinged you for this because it's the most asinine attempt yet to drag Palin's name into a conversation.
I dinged you too. Up.
Dings mean nothing to me.
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NY Nana Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:02:23pm |
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Wendya Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:02:59pm |
re: #130 Cato the Elder
I dinged you too. Up.
Dings mean nothing to me.
Apparently, neither does criticism.
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solomonpanting Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:03:16pm |
re: #126 pre-Boomer Marine brat
re: #122 solomonpanting
"Jenny McCarthy" and "no-brainer" in the same sentence.
Coincidence?Freudian
Yep. I believe, in lieu of "no-brainer", he wanted to say "Jenny, you ignorant slut."
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:03:23pm |
re: #123 Locker
My ability to ignore my contempt for certain game companies in order to play good games is astounding. What's everyone playing? Personally I've been playing Vanguard since March but on a summer break and just played through Oblivion again on X360.
Strangely my gaming need has been sated lately by Mafia Wars and Texas Hold'em on facebook.
JUST
SPOKE
VOLUMES
I take it from your above post that you are on the very young side, no?
If so, that explains A ton about last nights posts re: health care and the free market
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:03:54pm |
re: #134 sattv4u2
JUST
SPOKE
VOLUMESI take it from your above post that you are on the very young side, no?
If so, that explains A ton about last nights posts re: health care and the free market
I'm 40.
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Cato the Elder Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:04:07pm |
I've been trying to think of something positive to say about Sarah so you all will quit assuming I'm biased.
Came up with two things:
She's probably a little less stupid than Jenny McCarthy.
I have no doubt that she'd botch running a dog pound, but then I'm pretty sure she'd profitably manage a puppy mill.
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:04:16pm |
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MisterCookie Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:04:49pm |
re: #118 Slumbering Behemoth
I've always been a fairly avid gamer. As of now, Ubisoft joins EA on the boycott list.
Had a rather severe problem with their copy protection on Mass Effect. Basically, I couldn't run it after install, despite owning a legit copy of the game.
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Wendya Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:05:00pm |
re: #136 Cato the Elder
I've been trying to think of something positive to say about Sarah so you all will quit assuming I'm biased.
Came up with two things:
She's probably a little less stupid than Jenny McCarthy.
I have no doubt that she'd botch running a dog pound, but then I'm pretty sure she'd profitably manage a puppy mill.
PDS
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Gella Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:05:04pm |
re: #128 midwestgak
Hey Gella. Are you getting thunderstorms yet? It's getting darker by the minute just west of Chicago. Just a heads up.
it is dark, it rained already, i think we will be getting more
i am on a north side
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:05:08pm |
re: #98 SanFranciscoZionist
Oprah is frighteningly influential.
Interestingly, she attended Rev. Wright's church for a while, and left--partly because she was starting to reach out to a broader audience.
Intriguing that she realized he was divisive, and our president didn't. She's got a good head for show business.
Not such a good head for choosing medical experts, unfortunately. Even Dr. Oz apparently backed her up on the whole idea of American blacks having thyroid problems due to natural selection during the Middle Passage, which has been pretty well debunked, I think.
She has an extraordinary head for business.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:05:10pm |
re: #135 Locker
I'm 40.
wow ,, just ,,, wow,
Well ,, I still suggest you open that stand downtown! Let the one beside you be backed by the gov't and yours privately funded/ run. See what competitive balance means!
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:05:24pm |
All new Catowear! Non-stick and ding-resistant! But wait...there's more!!!
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:05:48pm |
re: #99 horse
When I first glanced at this I thought you wrote testicles, realized my error, laughed, and then realized that was probably true too, at least metaphorically.
You don't need testicles to be powerful.
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Digital Display Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:05:58pm |
re: #135 Locker
I'm 40.
Punk! You need your ass kickes!
/I'm just teasing you//Hope today finds you well
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MisterCookie Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:06:06pm |
re: #138 MisterCookie
And I just quoted myself...preview is my friend.
#118's was:
Just curious, what is your objection to EA?
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:06:09pm |
re: #142 sattv4u2
wow ,, just ,,, wow,
Well ,, I still suggest you open that stand downtown! Let the one beside you be backed by the gov't and yours privately funded/ run. See what competitive balance means!
Did you ever answer my question about the government being the market to which your gold mine sells it's gold? It seems like everyone in that thread kept ignoring that question repeatedly.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:06:11pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:06:16pm |
re: #143 The Shadow Do
All new Catowear! Non-stick and ding-resistant! But wait...there's more!!!
Are you Billy Mays? From beyond?
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:06:28pm |
re: #132 Wendya
Apparently, neither does criticism.
Look at the nic.
Consider motive behind the choice of such.
The possibilities are not pretty, and he doesn't get it.
/and with that, I am trundling myself outta here for awhile
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:06:43pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:07:21pm |
re: #146 snowcrash
Admit it, she fascinates you! lol
She certainly fascinates ME. I can't stand her, and yet, every time something new happens, I can't stop staring. It's like a car wreck that smiles peppily at you.
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NY Nana Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:07:30pm |
re: #120 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Believe me, you aren't missing anything. I miss Jay Leno, and putting him on at 10 PM was, IMHO, a biiig mistake on the part of gormless NBC...O'Brien is a putz, and has had enough nasty anti-Jewish skits as any of the late-nite shows put together.
And maybe it is age-related, but Jimmy Fallon is no Jay Leno, either.
Funny how little good TV there is now, and the new season looks even worse.
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:07:42pm |
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brookly red Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:08:19pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:09:02pm |
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jorline Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:09:28pm |
Jenny has a healthy set of lungs, but nothing between the ears.
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:09:37pm |
Cato and Sarah,
Sitting in the tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:09:58pm |
re: #148 Locker
Did you ever answer my question about the government being the market to which your gold mine sells it's gold? It seems like everyone in that thread kept ignoring that question repeatedly.
Yes. If the gov't was the ONLY market for which ALL gold mines could sell gold there is NO "free market". The gov't sets the price. The only variable os how much gold my mine can deliver as opposed to how much your mine can
SO ,,, I have to work HARDER to get rewarded. Doesn't matter how good I am. The PRICE we get is controlled by ONE buyer
Same with health care, as I tried to explain to you. ALL doctors would get $1500 per patient regardless of how "good" that Dr. was. The only way the Dr. makes nore is to see MORE patients, thus working HARDER
NO reward for proficiency
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:10:02pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:10:13pm |
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DEZes Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:10:39pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:10:48pm |
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:10:59pm |
re: #160 sattv4u2
Yes. If the gov't was the ONLY market for which ALL gold mines could sell gold there is NO "free market". The gov't sets the price. The only variable os how much gold my mine can deliver as opposed to how much your mine can
SO ,,, I have to work HARDER to get rewarded. Doesn't matter how good I am. The PRICE we get is controlled by ONE buyerSame with health care, as I tried to explain to you. ALL doctors would get $1500 per patient regardless of how "good" that Dr. was. The only way the Dr. makes nore is to see MORE patients, thus working HARDER
NO reward for proficiency
They could join the teacher union and do nothing.
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DEZes Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:11:07pm |
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Flyers1974 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:11:07pm |
re: #59 opnion
Dude ,you are obsessed with Sarah Palin & you're viciousness is out of control. Do you have hots for her?
I'd say the same thing to anyone who'd insult Obama in such a manner, if only such a mean-spirited person existed. Obama's critics are just so mild and even-handed.
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:11:11pm |
re: #160 sattv4u2
Yes. If the gov't was the ONLY market for which ALL gold mines could sell gold there is NO "free market". The gov't sets the price. The only variable os how much gold my mine can deliver as opposed to how much your mine can
SO ,,, I have to work HARDER to get rewarded. Doesn't matter how good I am. The PRICE we get is controlled by ONE buyerSame with health care, as I tried to explain to you. ALL doctors would get $1500 per patient regardless of how "good" that Dr. was. The only way the Dr. makes nore is to see MORE patients, thus working HARDER
NO reward for proficiency
Is there more than one gold market now? I thought it was like THE gold market.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:11:53pm |
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:11:55pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:12:00pm |
re: #165 The Shadow Do
They could join the teacher union and do nothing.
I used to belong to a teacher's union, before I went Catholic school. It was a very busy few years.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:12:25pm |
re: #168 Locker
Is there more than one gold market now? I thought it was like THE gold market.
Oh geezzz ,, you REALLY need to open that lemonaid stand
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HelloDare Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:12:34pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:05pm |
re: #171 SanFranciscoZionist
I used to belong to a teacher's union, before I went Catholic school. It was a very busy few years.
It was the year before last, though, when I NEEDED a union, and we didn't have one. 'Cause we were idealistic moonbats at that school, and we didn't need no steenkeen union.
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NY Nana Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:10pm |
re: #149 SanFranciscoZionist
Oprah has stainless-steel ovaries.
/And from what I hear, they have never been used.
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midwestgak Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:15pm |
re: #158 jorline
Jenny has a healthy set of lungs, but nothing between the ears.
There is "something" between her ears, it's just is not anything we recognize.
{jorline}
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Digital Display Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:17pm |
re: #158 jorline
Jenny has a healthy set of lungs, but nothing between the ears.
She is cute..and dumber than a box of rocks...
How many children will die because of her stupid non-scientific stance?
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:21pm |
re: #172 sattv4u2
Oh geezzz ,, you REALLY need to open that lemonaid stand
Ok if that was a stupid question. I'll go look. Back in a few after I research gold market(s)?
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:35pm |
re: #171 SanFranciscoZionist
I used to belong to a teacher's union, before I went Catholic school. It was a very busy few years.
Were you the exception or the rule?
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Cato the Elder Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:44pm |
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:13:57pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:14:27pm |
re: #177 HoosierHoops
She is cute..and dumber than a box of rocks...
How many children will die because of her stupid non-scientific stance?
That's the problem, isn't it? She's funny, until you think where this kind of thing can so easily end up.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:14:49pm |
re: #138 MisterCookie
Had a rather severe problem with their copy protection on Mass Effect. Basically, I couldn't run it after install, despite owning a legit copy of the game.
Ah yes, thanks for the response. DMR methods for pc games have been quite overbearing and unnecessarily inconvenient for legit consumers lately, almost to the point of punishing those who legally purchase the games.
Ever since Starforce's (and Sony's) "rootkit" disasters of DRM, I have been very diligent when it comes to researching the type of DRM used in any game I might be interested in. There are a lot of games that I would have liked to buy, but refused because of intrusive/customer punishing DRM.
Not related to DRM, but not too long ago EA was attempting to acquire TakeTwo. I was quite happy to learn that they did not succeed.
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SixDegrees Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:14:56pm |
Here's Ubisoft's corporate contact page, with ordinary mail address. I've already fired off a short letter pointing out that McCarthy has no medical credentials and has been widely criticized for promoting abstention from medical options that the vast majority of physicians feel are critically important to good health. I finish by suggesting that they contact a practicing physician if they want someone to provide them with sound health advice.
I did that while staying away from words like "moron," "retard," "bitch," "idiot" and "brainless boytoy," which made things a lot harder but is probably more effective if the goal is to be taken seriously.
Off in the post tomorrow AM.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:15:17pm |
re: #178 Locker
Ok if that was a stupid question. I'll go look. Back in a few after I research gold market(s)?
Thats not the point
YOU set up the scenario of a GOV'T entity being the only one where "we" could sell our gold!
Now you're looking into "how many" gold markets there are
Wow ,,, juts ,, wow !
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DEZes Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:15:45pm |
re: #158 jorline
Jenny has a healthy set of lungs, but nothing between the ears.
Keep away from her head, nature abhors a vacuum.
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solomonpanting Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:15:54pm |
re: #165 The Shadow Do
They could join the teacher union and do nothing.
That's not entirely fair. There are many hard-working teachers who spend countless off-school hours preparing for class.
A more apt response might be one comparing inefficient or lazy teachers who are almost impossible to fire.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:16:23pm |
re: #179 The Shadow Do
Were you the exception or the rule?
I'll tell you the truth--I read the horror stories like everyone else, but my experience, personally, has been that public school teachers are good folks who work their asses off and care about kids learning, and that school administrations take shameless advantage of this. My experience with the union was purely positive. I don't know if my experience is typical.
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NY Nana Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:16:43pm |
re: #159 MandyManners
NY Grampa has removed the Fresca™ from my hand, helped clean the monitor, and hidden all my packs of Fresca™ and will only let me have it when I am not posting, the meanie.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:17:07pm |
re: #187 solomonpanting
That's not entirely fair. There are many hard-working teachers who spend countless off-school hours preparing for class.
A more apt response might be one comparing inefficient or lazy teachers who are almost impossible to fire.
The problem with the teachers union is NOT the teachers themselves. Like the UAW, it's the union itself
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jorline Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:18:41pm |
re: #176 midwestgak
There is "something" between her ears, it's just is not anything we recognize.
{jorline}
{gak}
Giant sucking sound!
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Killian Bundy Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:18:44pm |
re: #178 Locker
Ok if that was a stupid question. I'll go look. Back in a few after I research gold market(s)?
/take your time
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jorline Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:19:17pm |
re: #177 HoosierHoops
She is cute..and dumber than a box of rocks...
How many children will die because of her stupid non-scientific stance?
Too many...how are your Hoopster?
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The Shadow Do Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:21:48pm |
re: #187 solomonpanting
That's not entirely fair. There are many hard-working teachers who spend countless off-school hours preparing for class.
A more apt response might be one comparing inefficient or lazy teachers who are almost impossible to fire.
I can concede that readily, however those that do the work are heroes in my book since there is no external incentive to perform. I put two kids through HS. I know there is a not insignificant percentage of teachers that show movies or simply do nothing, nothing at all. This has to change but probably never will. I see the teachers union in the same light I see other child abusers (those that abuse through indifference)
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Digital Display Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:21:54pm |
re: #182 SanFranciscoZionist
That's the problem, isn't it? She's funny, until you think where this kind of thing can so easily end up.
Jenny pisses me off...Can you imagine no children getting vaccinations? In 10 years it would be the end of America..Imagine 25 million children with small pox...Fuck you Jennie...We all take a small risk to save all our Children. Fuck you selfish bitch.. Sorry Charles...
/Fuck you Jenny...you don't know shit about Autism
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Locker Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:22:55pm |
re: #185 sattv4u2
Thats not the point
YOU set up the scenario of a GOV'T entity being the only one where "we" could sell our gold!
Now you're looking into "how many" gold markets there are
Wow ,,, juts ,, wow !
You COULD compliment be for being willing to ask questions about subjects for which I clearly state I am ignorant. I'm working off your example yesterday where you set up a mine and employed better gold miners to mine faster etc etc.
At the end of the day you still have to sell your gold, just like the other mines. You have more of it cause you set up your corporation or whatever. You worked smarter. You still have to sell it and you sell it for the same price that the guy next door with less gold sells it.
So, I don't understand, and I'm trying to learn about why it threatens the whole system if government pays for the gold at the end of the day vs THE GOLD MARKET(s) paying for the gold at the end of the day.
Is it because the government can't or won't adjust the price fast enough? Doesn't the government already do this with like, all the money that banks borrow to lend out? I can see how slowly interest rates change as opposed to the price of gold or a stock price. Is that the big problem?
I know you don't have to explain all this to me and I am reading other things. Personally I learn more when I can ask questions so I ask them. It's all good if it's too exasperating. I'm a programmer not a business major, that's how it goes.
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snowcrash Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:23:49pm |
re: #177 HoosierHoops
Adults too, esp. if immunocompromised from AIDS, or organ transplant meds or cancer treatments etc. Bad for everyone.
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horse Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:24:43pm |
re: #160 sattv4u2
Yes. If the gov't was the ONLY market for which ALL gold mines could sell gold there is NO "free market". The gov't sets the price. The only variable os how much gold my mine can deliver as opposed to how much your mine can
SO ,,, I have to work HARDER to get rewarded. Doesn't matter how good I am. The PRICE we get is controlled by ONE buyerSame with health care, as I tried to explain to you. ALL doctors would get $1500 per patient regardless of how "good" that Dr. was. The only way the Dr. makes nore is to see MORE patients, thus working HARDER
NO reward for proficiency
To add to that, if the government set the price too low, many would just stop mining gold. That would lead to a gold shortage, and if gold is a critical component to a given product, that product will be in short supply as well. It would also lead to a criminal black market for gold and gold products.
If the government set the price too high, they would mine gold like crazy, but then we would end up with a lot more gold than what is needed and would have paid a lot more than necessary.
So, price controls lead either to shortages or excessive inventories (but usually shortages because the government will be controlling prices downward). Price controls just don't work.
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MandyManners Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:25:08pm |
re: #189 NY Nana
(The Kid has sent all my regular contacts into the spam folder so as to stop my getting any mail from his teacher. I'm being slow getting people back to my regular mail.)
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Flyers1974 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:25:24pm |
re: #188 SanFranciscoZionist
I'll tell you the truth--I read the horror stories like everyone else, but my experience, personally, has been that public school teachers are good folks who work their asses off and care about kids learning, and that school administrations take shameless advantage of this. My experience with the union was purely positive. I don't know if my experience is typical.
I think the reputation of public school teachers is tarnished by the situation some of those teachers work in. In some of the public schools in Baltimore, the teachers are no doubt little more than babysitters - through no fault of their own. These kids are out of their control and their parent(s) have no interest in education.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:27:12pm |
re: #196 Locker
I would strongly suggest taking a night or online economics course. Concentrate on one that will delve into supply and demand, gov't price controls as well as setting up a virtual business to run with a business plan, a product to make and sell and employees
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MacDuff Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:27:35pm |
I remember people telling me "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?"
The fact is that intelligence and wealth have absolutely nothing in common and it's probably the most pernicious and destructive belief in American society today. We have no-nothing celebrities pontification on subjects they know nothing about and the "American Idol" Americans lap this stuff up.
"Celebrities" are the bane of my existence. They can sing, dance, act, or do whatever made the "celebrities", but PLEASE let them leave the thinking to the thinkers.
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Wendya Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:27:49pm |
re: #177 HoosierHoops
She is cute..and dumber than a box of rocks...
How many children will die because of her stupid non-scientific stance?
I'm more inclined to blame the stupidity of parents who look to her as an authority in medicine.
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NY Nana Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:28:35pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:29:06pm |
re: #200 Flyers1974
I think the reputation of public school teachers is tarnished by the situation some of those teachers work in. In some of the public schools in Baltimore, the teachers are no doubt little more than babysitters - through no fault of their own. These kids are out of their control and their parent(s) have no interest in education.
And when you (the teacher) say that, you're told you're an incompetent racist.
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Wendya Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:30:00pm |
re: #203 MacDuff
The fact is that intelligence and wealth have absolutely nothing in common and it's probably the most pernicious and destructive belief in American society today.
A good work ethic, a willingness to take risk and put aside temporary wants have created more wealth in this country than sheer intelligence.
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MacDuff Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:30:35pm |
re: #204 Wendya
I'm more inclined to blame the stupidity of parents who look to her as an authority in medicine.
Sorry, if you're reading "People Magazine" for medical advice, you pretty much get what you deserve. I feel sorry for the children of these stupid bastards who couldn't find their ass with a schematic.
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horse Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:33:43pm |
re: #196 Locker
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Is it because the government can't or won't adjust the price fast enough? Doesn't the government already do this with like, all the money that banks borrow to lend out? I can see how slowly interest rates change as opposed to the price of gold or a stock price. Is that the big problem?...
The problem is the government has know idea what the price of gold should be so there is both enough mined and yet it is still cost effective for those who need it in their products. Only people needing gold know if a given price works for their needs, and only a gold miner knows if they can effectively produce the gold for a given price while recouping their total costs, investments and necessary margin to cover the capital invested in the business.
That is how market supply and demand signals help set market prices. Throw in currency issues, speculations on future supplies, and anticipations of many other future influencers and you have today's market price for gold that lets miners know if they should produce additional or less gold from any particular mine based on its cost of operations.
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Flyers1974 Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:33:52pm |
re: #206 SanFranciscoZionist
And when you (the teacher) say that, you're told you're an incompetent racist.
Have you ever seen that episode of The Wire where the old teacher tells the new teacher to keep the thermostat up and the windows closed in order to make the kids tired so they won't go ballistic? I'd have thought such a statement was hyperbole if I didn't have occasion to be in one of these schools a few times. Unbelievable. I can't imagine a third-world school being any worse.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:35:20pm |
re: #203 MacDuff
People often confuse intelligence with other good qualities that humans posses, and vice versa.
I recall commenting to a friend of mine about the insane intelligence possessed by a man serving hard time in prison. In the short time that he had been there (less than a year into his sentence) he had mastered four new languages, bringing his total fluency of languages to eleven.
A little goober of a woman piped in and said "If he's so smart, why is he in prison"? I replied "Because he is a psychopathic murder, which has nothing at all to do with his gigantic IQ".
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MacDuff Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:35:25pm |
re: #207 Wendya
A good work ethic, a willingness to take risk and put aside temporary wants have created more wealth in this country than sheer intelligence.
Absolutely! There are a lot of highly intelligent people who have died paupers, while their intellectual lessers became quite prosperous.
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Digital Display Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:35:31pm |
re: #204 Wendya
I'm more inclined to blame the stupidity of parents who look to her as an authority in medicine.
Oprah has her out there promoting her as an expert in autism... I mean crap...Who is really to blame here?
When I went to Napa JUCO I spent 2 years working at Napa State mental institution for credits...I mostly worked the S and T wards for credit for 2 years..There a very few things I would ever say I know what I speak of here..Cause there are lots of smart people here..You spend 2 years feeding and caring for DD or DR's souls...You know a little..And trust me Jenny is so wrong about Autism...
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MacDuff Sun, Aug 16, 2009 1:39:07pm |
re: #211 Slumbering Behemoth
People often confuse intelligence with other good qualities that humans posses, and vice versa.
I recall commenting to a friend of mine about the insane intelligence possessed by a man serving hard time in prison. In the short time that he had been there (less than a year into his sentence) he had mastered four new languages, bringing his total fluency of languages to eleven.
A little goober of a woman piped in and said "If he's so smart, why is he in prison"? I replied "Because he is a psychopathic murder, which has nothing at all to do with his gigantic IQ".
Exactly, Robert Stroud ("The Birdman of Alcatraz") immediately comes to mind. The man was a friggin' genius, but at the same time, a sociopathic killer.
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CJDate Sun, Aug 16, 2009 2:16:47pm |
To my knowledge, Jack T. Chick only had one child, a daughter, and she died in 2001.
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flyovercountry Sun, Aug 16, 2009 2:39:04pm |
re: #213 HoosierHoops
Oprah has her out there promoting her as an expert in autism... I mean crap...Who is really to blame here?
When I went to Napa JUCO I spent 2 years working at Napa State mental institution for credits...I mostly worked the S and T wards for credit for 2 years..There a very few things I would ever say I know what I speak of here..Cause there are lots of smart people here..You spend 2 years feeding and caring for DD or DR's souls...You know a little..And trust me Jenny is so wrong about Autism...
Those of us with autistic kids are smarter than you might think. Its just that a certain amount of desperation comes along with it. I have personally read study after study, (about what could help, as finding the cause is something I always felt was too late for Aaron.) Often times, when Jenny opens her mouth, it is the people without autistic kids who are giving her a forum. In my little group in one of 25 Lovaas based programs around the country, nobody realizes who Jenny McCarthy is, unless they have a habit of watching porno. But like everything else in America, celebrity buys credibility, no matter how much it is undeserved.
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gregb Sun, Aug 16, 2009 3:27:14pm |
She played Special Agent Tanya Adams in Red Alert 3.
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MittDoesNotCompute Sun, Aug 16, 2009 5:01:50pm |
re: #13 Cato the Elder
If she's a health expert, Sarah Palin is qualified to run a dog pound.
OK, Cato, we get it...you don't like Sarah Palin. If all you have left to say about her (or anyone else) is crass, hateful, snide little rundowns, then you might do well to just shut your frakking piehole and sit on your hate for a while, instead of dragging it all out for all to read.
/better to be thought a fool, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt...
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funky chicken Sun, Aug 16, 2009 9:33:25pm |
re: #17 wahabicorridor
jeebus. That's kinda like signing up Kevorkian to be an 'end of life' consultant.
At least Kervorkian only killed people who were fully competent to request his services. The anti-vaxxers harm innocent children.
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gregmw Sun, Aug 16, 2009 9:40:30pm |
Tom Chick is a widely respected game journalist who also moonlights as an actor (with parts in shows like The West Wing and The Office.)
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