I just have to inflict some more Pat Metheny Group on you this evening. This piece is from the excellent album Letter from Home,External Image titled “Have You Heard.”
(iTunes Store has it too, with samples you can hear in your browser.)
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simoom Wed, Feb 17, 2010 6:57:49pm |
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:03:38pm |
Tonight my friends.. I'm plugging in my foam green classic Fender Stat into the My studio pro Amp and turning it up to 11 before bed time...
Yes Winston will be hiding under the covers...
I love playing music....I'm not very good..But it's fun
I'm working on a really cool E riff lately ( Sorry stalkers you can't steal these words)
When I think of all those nights
All those games you played
All those times I tried to leave
But all those those times I stayed
I still hear your laughter
And it cut's me like a blade
It's a thin line
Between what is and what is not
It's a thin line line
Between what you need and what you got
When I think of lovers
You were the best in the world
Moon light through your window
let you shinning like a pearl
You illuminate the difference
between a woman and a girl..
It's a thin line
It's a thin line
Between what is and what is not
It's a thin line line
Between what you need and what you got...
@ Me...
Tonight I'll do the 3rd verse...
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b_sharp Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:07:31pm |
Charles, the more the Metheny the better. He's been one of my favorites for quite a while.
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b_sharp Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:13:58pm |
re: #2 HoosierHoops
Tonight my friends.. I'm plugging in my foam green classic Fender Stat into the My studio pro Amp and turning it up to 11 before bed time...
Yes Winston will be hiding under the covers...
I love playing music...I'm not very good..But it's fun
I'm working on a really cool E riff lately ( Sorry stalkers you can't steal these words)When I think of all those nights
All those games you played
All those times I tried to leave
But all those those times I stayed
I still hear your laughter
And it cut's me like a bladeIt's a thin line
Between what is and what is not
It's a thin line line
Between what you need and what you gotWhen I think of lovers
You were the best in the world
Moon light through your window
let you shinning like a pearl
You illuminate the difference
between a woman and a girl..It's a thin line
It's a thin line
Between what is and what is not
It's a thin line line
Between what you need and what you got...@ Me...
Tonight I'll do the 3rd verse...
Just had my black Peavey Wolfgang plugged into my Peavey Stereo Chorus 400 via my Roland GT-6, cranked all the way up to 6, maybe 6.5, hammered an opening b-flat... and was told to turn it down.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:17:44pm |
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:18:31pm |
dude still has great hair...listen to that bass!
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sngnsgt Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:19:54pm |
re: #5 Mad Al-Jaffee
Some never before seen Star Wars footage was recently discovered.
Enjoy:
[Link: www.avclub.com...]
The Force with them is not! /Yoda
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TampaKnight Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:22:26pm |
Man, it sucks seeing what the CPAC has become. I went a few years ago when Romney and McCain were speaking and I loved it.
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:22:46pm |
re: #4 b_sharp
Just had my black Peavey Wolfgang plugged into my Peavey Stereo Chorus 400 via my Roland GT-6, cranked all the way up to 6, maybe 6.5, hammered an opening b-flat... and was told to turn it down.
Awesome..I have a cornfield to content with...I turn it up with no fear...
I've been pre programming the Keyboard and playing along.. I've been trashing I shot the Sheriff...completely corrupting it in the key of A as a Boogie song...I play the electronic drums through the PA...
Then I play the guitar with it....I love music
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Varek Raith Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:23:33pm |
re: #5 Mad Al-Jaffee
Some never before seen Star Wars footage was recently discovered.
Enjoy:
[Link: www.avclub.com...]
PFFTTT..Hahahahahaha!.
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MandyManners Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:24:10pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:26:57pm |
I haven't picked up a harp since rehearsal two weeks ago. Better start practicing again for the next rehearsal and our gig next week.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:29:31pm |
Whoever offed the Hamas guy in Dubai, I'm sure they snuck up the back staircase, after disabling any cams in the stairwell. All those people parading around in the lobby and the elevators were just a distraction, if not just some innocent random tourists.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:33:28pm |
re: #14 Alouette
Whoever offed the Hamas guy in Dubai, I'm sure they snuck up the back staircase, after disabling any cams in the stairwell. All those people parading around in the lobby and the elevators were just a distraction, if not just some innocent random tourists.
The distract with one team, kill with the other trick. It works quite well.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:35:08pm |
re: #6 albusteve
I think I may have stumbled upon your property.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:37:24pm |
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food? Bird-flavored?
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:37:48pm |
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b_sharp Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:38:03pm |
re: #10 HoosierHoops
Awesome..I have a cornfield to content with...I turn it up with no fear...
I've been pre programming the Keyboard and playing along.. I've been trashing I shot the Sheriff...completely corrupting it in the key of A as a Boogie song...I play the electronic drums through the PA...
Then I play the guitar with it...I love music
I love music but seldom make time for it any more. At one time I used to jam with my younger bro who is 10X the guitarist I am, but the last coupla years not so much.
Now I sit in my chair, read blogs on my laptop, hold one of my axes (old terminology) and finger it gently enough not to disturb the wife watching Jeopardy.
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MandyManners Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:38:19pm |
And, you know what?
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jaunte Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:38:27pm |
BBC: Afghanistan Taliban 'using human shields'
Taliban militants are increasingly using civilians as "human shields" as they battle against a joint Afghan-Nato offensive, an Afghan general has said.
Gen Mohiudin Ghori said his soldiers had seen Taliban fighters placing women and children on the roofs of buildings and firing from behind them. [Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]
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TampaKnight Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:38:55pm |
I want to buy a PRS guitar so bad, but just can't bring myself to pull the trigger financially.
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MandyManners Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:39:59pm |
My heart is lightened and gladdened by the news of the death of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:41:20pm |
re: #14 Alouette
I still haven't finished watching the vids, but I did get to wondering...
What if the people on the vids are just random nobodies? Just folks in the vicinity that they have lots of CC footage of.
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Political Atheist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:41:37pm |
re: #18 Slumbering Behemoth
I took my cat to the vet. She needed anti biotics. So at the front desk they ask what flavor I want. I say "tuna". The young lady behind the counter stats laughing, and says grape or bubblegum? I say grape flavor for my fucking CAT?! She explains vets use childrens meds. Ooookaaay. I'll take bubblegum, I say. The rest of the story is a lot like "how to give a cat a pill". I thank god both the cat and I lived.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:45:58pm |
re: #18 Slumbering Behemoth
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food? Bird-flavored?
Or cat flavored dog food, for that matter.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:46:41pm |
I've been having some very serious problems with mail delivery for a couple of weeks now and I was wondering if any other Lizardoids had had similar experiences.
I was planning to move and mentioned this to my mail carrier two weeks ago Friday. At the same time, I asked for a change of address kit. All mail delivery ceased the very next day even though I did not submit the change of address until the following Thursday, almost a week later. I am told that forwarded mail does not start for 7-10 postal business days (effectively 2 weeks in real world time) after the request is submitted but this does not explain why my service stopped almost a week before that.
I have not received so much as a junk flyer for the old address in almost two weeks and there has not been enough time for the forwarded mail to get here, even though it is the same zip code and less than a mile away. It doesn't help that the carrier station in this area does not have a working telephone, or at least not one with a publicly listed number. I contacted the postal inspectors Monday but have not heard from them yet.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:47:13pm |
re: #24 MandyManners
My heart is lightened and gladdened by the news of the death of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Causes my heart to soar like a hawk..
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:47:50pm |
re: #20 b_sharp
I love music but seldom make time for it any more. At one time I used to jam with my younger bro who is 10X the guitarist I am, but the last coupla years not so much.
Now I sit in my chair, read blogs on my laptop, hold one of my axes (old terminology) and finger it gently enough not to disturb the wife watching Jeopardy.
That is our fate my bro...I still have all my garage band tapes...
I named all the funky bands.. My first band
The Electric Banana...7th grade. Forced Entry.High School..The heavy rock band..
My last band... Blue Rino...
Our claim to fame at that lost weekend party was the song Hey Baby!
Which we later recorded in a little Napa Studio...
Fun times...
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:49:08pm |
re: #25 Slumbering Behemoth
I still haven't finished watching the vids, but I did get to wondering...
What if the people on the vids are just random nobodies? Just folks in the vicinity that they have lots of CC footage of.
Why would the actual hit team be parading around in the lobby and up and down in the elevators? Did they check the stairwell cams? Oops, not functioning.
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MandyManners Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:51:11pm |
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soap_man Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:52:25pm |
re: #4 b_sharp
Just had my black Peavey Wolfgang plugged into my Peavey Stereo Chorus 400 via my Roland GT-6, cranked all the way up to 6, maybe 6.5, hammered an opening b-flat... and was told to turn it down.
Crank it up to 11 dude.
It's one louder.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:53:05pm |
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:53:17pm |
re: #16 Slumbering Behemoth
I think I may have stumbled upon your property.
heh...my property in ABQ is a fortress, but my property down in Jamaica is like public land...cows and goat grazing, an old trial meanders through it to get down hill...it's all cool
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:54:16pm |
re: #20 b_sharp
I love music but seldom make time for it any more. At one time I used to jam with my younger bro who is 10X the guitarist I am, but the last coupla years not so much.
Now I sit in my chair, read blogs on my laptop, hold one of my axes (old terminology) and finger it gently enough not to disturb the wife watching Jeopardy.
Speaking of that.. When I was in high school and playing in the worst rock band in the world for fun and loving every second of it...
I knew I needed a stage name..So for weeks I was trying to thing of the wicked bad guitarist name..
Billy Ray Missile
The greatest name for a guitarist EVAH...I thought of it!
If I had talent you f*cks would still be buying my albums!
*wink*
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Political Atheist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:54:34pm |
re: #29 Shiplord Kirel
We have endless frustrations with our Postal service every time our regular carrier is off.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:55:41pm |
re: #38 Rightwingconspirator
We have endless frustrations with our Postal service every time our regular carrier is off.
I can relate. I've has customers who've had bills get lost by substitute carriers. Some of those folks are real goobers.
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Obdicut Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:56:20pm |
re: #39 Dark_Falcon
I know when my carrier is on vacation because I get my neighbor's mail.
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soap_man Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:57:40pm |
re: #38 Rightwingconspirator
We have endless frustrations with our Postal service every time our regular carrier is off.
re: #39 Dark_Falcon
I can relate. I've has customers who've had bills get lost by substitute carriers. Some of those folks are real goobers.
My friend got a job as a part-time postal carrier when he was a senior in high school. He's one of the most absent minded people I have ever met, so those comments do not surprise me.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:58:59pm |
re: #41 soap_man
My friend got a job as a part-time postal carrier when he was a senior in high school. He's one of the most absent minded people I have ever met, so those comments do not surprise me.
Full time carriers are actually quite professional, or at least the ones I've known are. The part timers are several grades lower.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:59:11pm |
I had no mail delivered for several days last week. But that's probably because of the two feet of snow we got.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 7:59:40pm |
re: #2 HoosierHoops
And the neighbors are singing
"la de dah, diddle dee de de, lah, de dah.."
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soap_man Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:00:52pm |
re: #42 Dark_Falcon
Full time carriers are actually quite professional, or at least the ones I've known are. The part timers are several grades lower.
Yup. His dad was our mailman and did a fine job. Whenever something went wrong with the mail, my dad would say "was your knucklehead friend working today?"
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Political Atheist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:01:28pm |
Watching CNN-Well 8 of 10 missionaries are coming home. And one lawyer with $30,000 is nowhere to be found. WTF. Just when you thought it would not get stranger.
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okonkolo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:02:04pm |
re: #6 albusteve
Um, that's because he keeps his hair in a box at night.
He plays like an angel but balds like a mere mortal.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:02:29pm |
re: #29 Shiplord Kirel
I had a similar problem.
It turned out that my mail carrier's ex-wife had the same name that I did.
Contact your local postal center.
The postmaster will figure out what the problem is, and fix it.
It should be seamless for you.
But, DO file the complaint, ASAP.
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:04:23pm |
I cannot recall ever having a problem with the postal service, besides the occasional slip up with the wrong mail...I do not think they are over priced for what you get...it's one small part of the Beast that works for me....I have no clue what they earn and such, and really don't care...they are dependable imo
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:05:21pm |
re: #48 okonkolo
Um, that's because he keeps his hair in a box at night.
He plays like an angel but balds like a mere mortal.
hair in a box!...I'm stealing that
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:07:12pm |
re: #50 albusteve
I cannot recall ever having a problem with the postal service, besides the occasional slip up with the wrong mail...I do not think they are over priced for what you get...it's one small part of the Beast that works for me...I have no clue what they earn and such, and really don't care...they are dependable imo
They are beyond dependable. The only time I've ever lost shit was on the foreign end...
And my cousin works for them in Paw Paw, Michigan.
Not everything can be improved by privatizing it.
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Spare O'Lake Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:07:49pm |
Quake rocks China-Russia-North Korea border region
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:08:37pm |
re: #47 Rightwingconspirator
Watching CNN-Well 8 of 10 missionaries are coming home. And one lawyer with $30,000 is nowhere to be found. WTF. Just when you thought it would not get stranger.
Someone got paid off. Not strange to someone who lives in Cook County. For Soap_Man and me it's downright homelike.
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:08:53pm |
re: #44 Floral Giraffe
And the neighbors are singing
"la de dah, diddle dee de de, lah, de dah.."[Video]
I took a Taxi to the Cross roads.. but got caught in Cross town traffic...
/I think secretly all guys wish they could shred a guitar...
//Billy Ray Missile!
LOL
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okonkolo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:10:08pm |
re: #51 albusteve
yeah, not to be mistaken for the Timberlake "Christmas Box" SNL skit.
I love this period of Metheny. It's just that i remember seeing Metheny from overhead about 20 years ago and the dude had a fairly developed bald spot back then, so...
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sngnsgt Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:10:46pm |
Enter your zip to see how many jobs have been "created or saved"
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The Sanity Inspector Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:11:23pm |
Gypsy hotshot guitarist Bireli Lagrene recorded some dates in the 80s with fretless bass prodigy Jaco Pastorius. They were released on three rather hard to find cds: Live In Italy, Heavy 'n' Jazz, and Stuttgart Aria. Listen to the opening two minutes of this version of Weather Report's "Teen Town":
A little Eddie Van Halen, a little James Brown, a little Ritchie Blackmore...wow...
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:12:12pm |
re: #47 Rightwingconspirator
Honestly it doesn't surprise me one bit. They're the missionaries, he's the mercenary. They're naive and he took advantage of that.
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:12:27pm |
re: #52 Cato the Elder
They are beyond dependable. The only time I've ever lost shit was on the foreign end...
And my cousin works for them in Paw Paw, Michigan.
Not everything can be improved by privatizing it.
Paw Paw!
2 pts
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The Sanity Inspector Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:12:37pm |
re: #33 MandyManners
Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
The Sheikh of Wadi ya Sayy was almost my internet nic, way back when.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:12:45pm |
re: #56 HoosierHoops
I took a Taxi to the Cross roads.. but got caught in Cross town traffic...
/I think secretly all guys wish they could shred a guitar...
//Billy Ray Missile!
LOL
Seems to me that you haven't really made an impression until you get to single name status, you know, like Missile...or Harvey, or some such.
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:13:37pm |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
Someone got paid off. Not strange to someone who lives in Cook County. For Soap_Man and me it's downright homelike.
of course...no surprise there
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The Sanity Inspector Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:14:27pm |
re: #52 Cato the Elder
They are beyond dependable. The only time I've ever lost shit was on the foreign end...
And my cousin works for them in Paw Paw, Michigan.
Not everything can be improved by privatizing it.
The Postal Service is bound by its flat rate mandate. They have to charge the same to mail a letter from Key West, Florida to La Push, Washington, as they do from one block of Manhattan to another.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:15:20pm |
I'm nearly 2/3's of the way to proving my lizardian street cred. Evidence will be forthcoming shortly.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:15:40pm |
I can't believe this Olympics! I have never seen so many falls, crashes and wipeouts in all events. Even someone getting killed on the luge run. Most dangerous Olympics ever (not including 1972)?
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:16:00pm |
re: #65 The Sanity Inspector
The Postal Service is bound by its flat rate mandate. They have to charge the same to mail a letter from Key West, Florida to La Push, Washington, as they do from one block of Manhattan to another.
But, if you're shipping a box, rather than a letter. YOU GET A DISCOUNT if you buy postage on line! Around 15%, IIRC. Yes, you too, can buy government services off price! LOL!
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:16:03pm |
re: #59 The Sanity Inspector
Gypsy hotshot guitarist Bireli Lagrene recorded some dates in the 80s with fretless bass prodigy Jaco Pastorius. They were released on three rather hard to find cds: Live In Italy, Heavy 'n' Jazz, and Stuttgart Aria. Listen to the opening two minutes of this version of Weather Report's "Teen Town":
[Video]A little Eddie Van Halen, a little James Brown, a little Ritchie Blackmore...wow...
Jaco...what more can you say...disbelief! but there it is
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The Sanity Inspector Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:16:17pm |
re: #58 sngnsgt
Enter your zip to see how many jobs have been "created or saved"
Half a mil to my zip code, no jobs reported.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:17:08pm |
re: #71 Irenicum
Not Sheik Yerbouty?
Somebody used to post with that nic on Free Republic. Don't know if he's still there, since I'm not.
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deadletterboy Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:17:34pm |
Gotta say, Shaun White just kicked so much ass.
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:17:57pm |
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:18:16pm |
re: #67 Alouette
I agree. It's one thing after the other. Thankfully none of the women who wiped out in the downhill were seriously hurt.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:18:49pm |
re: #73 deadletterboy
Gotta say, Shaun White just kicked so much ass.
Lots of wipeouts in the halfpipe and on the downhill. Painful.
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deadletterboy Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:19:01pm |
re: #76 deadletterboy
It must suck to have to follow him down the pipe. I think the best part was that that last trick was on his 'victory lap'.
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Obdicut Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:19:09pm |
re: #73 deadletterboy
Did he do his new trick? The 1080 McTwist thingy whatever?
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:19:19pm |
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soap_man Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:19:37pm |
re: #73 deadletterboy
Gotta say, Shaun White just kicked so much ass.
I'm not big into snowboarding, but I can always appreciate watching someone who is best in what they do...
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Spare O'Lake Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:20:47pm |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:20:54pm |
re: #83 soap_man
I'm not big into snowboarding, but I can always appreciate watching someone who is best in what they do...
I must say Yevgeny Pluschenko is the hottest man in these Olympics. I'm surprised the ice didn't melt when he stepped on it.
Tomorrow night I am having so many hot flashes.
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The Sanity Inspector Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:21:22pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:22:08pm |
Our women downhill skiers are very talented and hot.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:22:25pm |
re: #70 The Sanity Inspector
Half a mil to my zip code, no jobs reported.
Jackpot! $9.3 million and 1809 jobs! Lemme see....that's $492K per job. I want one!
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The Sanity Inspector Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:22:48pm |
That's it for me. Have a mash-up:
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:23:17pm |
re: #88 The Shadow Do
Jackpot! $9.3 million and 1809 jobs! Lemme see...that's $492K per job. I want one!
18.9 that is....
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:23:17pm |
re: #83 soap_man
I'm not big into snowboarding, but I can always appreciate watching someone who is best in what they do...
Very Athletic!
Of course when Snowboarding first came to the Olympics I don't thing they were going for the same Gold as most..
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Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:23:20pm |
re: #69 albusteve
Jaco...what more can you say...disbelief! but there it is
Some of my favorite Larry Adler tracks are the handful he recorded with Jaco. Amazing stuff.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:23:30pm |
re: #88 The Shadow Do
Jackpot! $9.3 million and 1809 jobs! Lemme see...that's $492K per job. I want one!
The Recovery Act works!
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The Sanity Inspector Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:23:48pm |
re: #88 The Shadow Do
Jackpot! $9.3 million and 1809 jobs! Lemme see...that's $492K per job. I want one!
Sorry. $450K of that went to *cough*overhead*cough*...
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avanti Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:24:18pm |
Have we discussed the sale of Hot Air on here yet ?
"Sources close to the deal claim that Michelle Malkin, the conservative pundit and sole owner of Hot Air, has been in talks with Salem for some time, but the announcement was timed to coincided with the Conservative Political Action Conference, which opens tomorrow in Washington D.C. …
Salem Communication defines itself as a leading U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher targeting audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and conservative values. "
Since AP is a atheist, will they keep him, will Hot Air go all religious far right, inquiring minds want to know.
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:24:40pm |
re: #93 NJDhockeyfan
The Recovery Act works!
More spending! More taxes! More jobs! Happy days are here again!!!
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:26:04pm |
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Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:27:29pm |
re: #100 Walter L. Newton
Actually it went quite well. Lol
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:28:09pm |
A little Eliot to start the night off on the wrong foot:
At the first turning of the second stair
I turned and saw below
The same shape twisted on the banister
Under the vapour in the fetid air
Struggling with the devil of the stairs who wears
The deceitul face of hope and of despair.
At the second turning of the second stair
I left them twisting, turning below;
There were no more faces and the stair was dark,
Damp, jagged, like an old man's mouth drivelling, beyond repair,
Or the toothed gullet of an aged shark.
At the first turning of the third stair
Was a slotted window bellied like the figs's fruit
And beyond the hawthorn blossom and a pasture scene
The broadbacked figure drest in blue and green
Enchanted the maytime with an antique flute.
Blown hair is sweet, brown hair over the mouth blown,
Lilac and brown hair;
Distraction, music of the flute, stops and steps of the mind over the third stair,
Fading, fading; strength beyond hope and despair
Climbing the third stair.
Lord, I am not worthy
Lord, I am not worthy
but speak the word only.
--Ash Wednesday
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:28:25pm |
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Bagua Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:29:02pm |
Success! Bagua has mastered the art of 'torr-ent',
I will now enjoy last weeks episode of Lost!
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:29:10pm |
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:32:05pm |
re: #105 Bagua
Success! Bagua has mastered the art of 'torr-ent',
I will now enjoy last weeks episode of Lost!
Why not watch it on ABC... they post each episode.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:32:23pm |
re: #107 Mad Al-Jaffee
LOL!
4 runner, engine clowns!
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The Shadow Do Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:32:50pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:34:28pm |
re: #103 Cato the Elder
A little Eliot to start the night off on the wrong foot:
At the first turning of the second stair
I turned and saw below
The same shape twisted on the banister
Under the vapour in the fetid air
Struggling with the devil of the stairs who wears
The deceitul face of hope and of despair.At the second turning of the second stair
I left them twisting, turning below;
There were no more faces and the stair was dark,
Damp, jagged, like an old man's mouth drivelling, beyond repair,
Or the toothed gullet of an aged shark.At the first turning of the third stair
Was a slotted window bellied like the figs's fruit
And beyond the hawthorn blossom and a pasture scene
The broadbacked figure drest in blue and green
Enchanted the maytime with an antique flute.
Blown hair is sweet, brown hair over the mouth blown,
Lilac and brown hair;
Distraction, music of the flute, stops and steps of the mind over the third stair,
Fading, fading; strength beyond hope and despair
Climbing the third stair.Lord, I am not worthy
Lord, I am not worthy
but speak the word only.--Ash Wednesday
Very apt for today. I actually couldn't get ashes, as I still have scabs on my forehead from where an ice fragment fell on my head a few days ago.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:34:39pm |
re: #115 Irenicum
He's laughing his *** off, on the right sidebar, of this very blog!
Here's what's there, this very instant!
Frank says:
Number one ain't you... You ain't even number two.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:35:02pm |
re: #42 Dark_Falcon
Full time carriers are actually quite professional, or at least the ones I've known are. The part timers are several grades lower.
I think it depends on where you are and who you get. My local mail carrier is freakin' awesome. Grumpy old crank that always does the job right, and then some.
Where my buddy used to live, he had to tell everyone not to send him any kind of holiday cards, or anything that looked like it might contain money. His regular carrier would steal just about anything.
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Bagua Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:35:36pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:35:46pm |
re: #116 Dark_Falcon
Hey. What're you doing getting hit by ice fragments?
Are you OK? That sounds like it would hurt.
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Silvergirl Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:36:20pm |
re: #103 Cato the Elder
Eliot? I'm still working on Counting Crows. Floral Giraffe was talking about counting crows a couple threads back where I was camped, so I started listening to August and Everything After.
Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there counting crows
A bridge could probably be built between the two pieces of poetry.
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Bagua Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:36:52pm |
re: #120 Obdicut
Or Hulu. It's all on Hulu.
Thanks, but it stuttered there as well, nothing helped. So I downloaded the torrent and it works.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:37:49pm |
re: #79 Obdicut
Did he do his new trick? The 1080 McTwist thingy whatever?
Yep he did. Last thing he did in his last run.
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:37:52pm |
re: #122 Floral Giraffe
Hey. What're you doing getting hit by ice fragments?
Are you OK? That sounds like it would hurt.
There is a another storm coming...The weatherman promises details soon..
*waves*
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Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:37:53pm |
re: #121 Bagua
Ha on lost there are no answers ...only more questions
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:38:13pm |
re: #118 Floral Giraffe
He's laughing his *** off, on the right sidebar, of this very blog!
Here's what's there, this very instant!Frank says:
Number one ain't you... You ain't even number two.
Reminds me of something I meant to say on an earlier thread.
Joe Biden is not the second most powerful man in the world. That would be Vladimir Putin.
Joe is number 263, and his only hope of advancement is one whose cause I will not speculate on here.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:38:27pm |
U.S. lawmakers blast Ayalon's boycott of J Street delegation
Five U.S. Congressmen on a visit here, which the left-wing American advocacy group J Street initiated, yesterday held a news conference in Tel Aviv to demand an official explanation for an apparent snub by Danny Ayalon, deputy foreign minister.
Tension between the Foreign Ministry and J Street was believed to be behind the unprecedented diplomatic rift between Israel and the U.S. Congress.
"It was with real surprise and disappointment that we read a headline in this morning's newspaper saying 'Foreign Ministry boycotts members of Congress,'" said Rep. William Delahunt (D-Massachusetts), who heads the delegation.
J Street director Jeremy Ben-Ami said at the news conference that he was confused by Ayalon's calling the lobby anti-Israel. "Our relations with Israel's embassy in Washington are on the mend...I hope this is no more than his personal opinion," he said.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:38:50pm |
re: #116 Dark_Falcon
Ah man! Hope you feel better. I had heavy fall on my head this morning cleaning off my car gettting ready for work. Thankfully I was able to get to the Ash Wednesday service tonight. Very powerful. First one I've been to in years.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:39:19pm |
re: #127 Boondock St. Bender
Ha on lost there are no answers ...only more questions
Actually last nights episode has a lot of answers... Ok, I lied.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:39:41pm |
re: #77 Alouette
Lots of wipeouts in the halfpipe and on the downhill. Painful.
There's always tons of wipeouts in a halfpipe event. The wipeouts are part of the event. :)
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:44:49pm |
re: #122 Floral Giraffe
Hey. What're you doing getting hit by ice fragments?
Are you OK? That sounds like it would hurt.
re: #131 Irenicum
Ah man! Hope you feel better. I had heavy fall on my head this morning cleaning off my car gettting ready for work. Thankfully I was able to get to the Ash Wednesday service tonight. Very powerful. First one I've been to in years.
I'm fine. I was clearing built up ice off an overhang at work and it fell on me instead of just hitting the ground. It put a couple of cuts in my forehead, but did no other damage. They didn't even hurt much. I disinfected them with some help from a co-worker and they're closing up nicely, but I did not think putting ashes on a scabbed-over area was a good idea.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:45:47pm |
re: #129 NJDhockeyfan
U.S. lawmakers blast Ayalon's boycott of J Street delegation
J Street is an arm of Hamas.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:46:10pm |
re: #136 Dark_Falcon
Glad no vital organs were affected!
(ducks)
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Silvergirl Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:46:20pm |
Did you read about the faculty member that crawled under the table and grabbed Amy Fisher's leg? Or is it too late in the evening for this sort of thing?
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laZardo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:46:33pm |
re: #126 HoosierHoops
Sorry for the late response. Was having lunch.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:46:37pm |
re: #96 avanti
I figure he'll either be neutered or cut loose.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:47:27pm |
re: #129 NJDhockeyfan
U.S. lawmakers blast Ayalon's boycott of J Street delegation
I think Israel was right to tell J Street "Talk to the hand." The group has been relatively hostile to Israeli policy and hews to the soft left-liberal line that condemns Israel for defending itself (but does not think Israel deliberately malevolent).
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Silvergirl Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:47:41pm |
re: #139 Silvergirl
Oh gawd. Too many wild Amys. Amy Bishop!
PIMF
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:48:29pm |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:49:34pm |
re: #25 Slumbering Behemoth
I still haven't finished watching the vids, but I did get to wondering...
What if the people on the vids are just random nobodies? Just folks in the vicinity that they have lots of CC footage of.
I think the fake passports they allegedly used are from identity theft hackers, and all they really did was hang around the cams in the lobby and by the elevators. The hit team (if there was one, the guy could have just had a stroke or a heart attack) kept out of sight, taking the back stairs, which has no cams, or the cams have been disabled.
It's some UAE rich sheikhs playing "CSI" and making up their own scenarios. This is so not the Mossad SOP.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:50:01pm |
Good move, Russia...
Russia delays delivery of S-300 advanced air defence missiles to Iran
Russia raised Western hopes that it will support tougher international sanctions against Iran’s nuclear programme by announcing a delay in delivery of S-300 advanced air defence missiles.
The postponement for unspecified “technical problems” was made public a day after Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, urged Russia to support “crippling” sanctions against Tehran during a visit to Moscow.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:50:11pm |
Shaun is frickin' nuts.
McDonalds could sell a lot of curly fries to some stoners if they'd call them "Double McTwists".
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:50:37pm |
re: #126 HoosierHoops
You DO NOT want to know what the weather has been like here, for the past week. Winston wants to move here, OK?
80 today, with a hint of the coolness of 45 from the evening.
Just don't taze me bro!
;)
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:50:56pm |
re: #145 Alouette
Agree. Dubai is pretending they know what happened, when they don't have a clue.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:52:35pm |
The results are in! The final and complete vindication of my lizardly ways! And with cool instrumental musical accompaniment from Mr. Phil Keaggy.
[Link: www.dailymotion.com...]
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Kruk Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:52:50pm |
re: #143 Silvergirl
Oh gawd. Too many wild Amys. Amy Bishop!
PIMF
Don't diss Amy Acker. I'm just saying...
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Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:52:58pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:53:09pm |
OT... Biden looks like he's having a ball at the Olympics.
Sportin' a healthy tan too.
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Boondock St. Bender Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:54:03pm |
re: #153 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
those plugs gotta go though...just saying
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laZardo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:54:09pm |
re: #149 Cato the Elder
Also heard funny things about their police force....
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Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:54:41pm |
re: #147 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Shaun is frickin' nuts.
McDonalds could sell a lot of curly fries to some stoners if they'd call them "Double McTwists".
I don't think they need gimmicks to sell food to stoners.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:54:55pm |
re: #128 Cato the Elder
Hey, I left you several books downstairs, I hope you got them?
You MUST read "Shibumi" and also "The Vienna Elephant".
2 of my read over & over books. They're that good!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:55:32pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:55:38pm |
re: #134 Irenicum
Cool, that Charles has that, isn't it?
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A Man for all Seasons Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:55:49pm |
re: #148 Floral Giraffe
You DO NOT want to know what the weather has been like here, for the past week. Winston wants to move here, OK?
80 today, with a hint of the coolness of 45 from the evening.
Just don't taze me bro!
;)
Well at 7am I'll be scraping ice off the windshield..The car will be warming up..
Good night Lizards..
Be Well
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:56:21pm |
re: #136 Dark_Falcon
Here's a kiss to make it all better!
*smooch*
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:57:47pm |
re: #160 HoosierHoops
Soon to Singapore, my friend!
Sleep tight!
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Silvergirl Wed, Feb 17, 2010 8:59:07pm |
re: #152 Mad Al-Jaffee
Freudian slip?
They both go in for gunplay and the names are somewhat similar.
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Silvergirl Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:01:01pm |
re: #150 Irenicum
The results are in! The final and complete vindication of my lizardly ways! And with cool instrumental musical accompaniment from Mr. Phil Keaggy.
[Link: www.dailymotion.com...]
I don't know what it means, but the lizard seems to enjoy the dashboard ride and the music and scenery are good, though I was getting a little road weary.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:03:56pm |
re: #145 Alouette
re: #149 Cato the Elder
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold the phone. Do you guys mean to tell me that some antisemitic assholes would create some sort of overly layered conspiracy theory out of whole cloth in an effort to smear not just Israel, but all Jewish people as well?
Who ever heard of such a thing?
/need I?
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:04:06pm |
re: #167 Silvergirl
It mostly means me being bombastic. I do this to show friends back west how pretty it is out here in Mass. And the lizard enjoys the ride.
| 170 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:09:59pm |
So, I'm watching this old movie for the first time: "Midnight Express".
Stoopud-ass American kid gets caught with a shit-ton of hash at the airport in Turkey. Goes to Turkish slammer. Gets the Lawrence of Arabia treatment first night.
What's? The? Point? I'm supposed to feel sorry because he's American?
Seriously?
| 171 |
Kruk Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:12:05pm |
re: #170 Cato the Elder
Well, duh. Isn't American exceptionalism great?
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:12:09pm |
re: #170 Cato the Elder
So, I'm watching this old movie for the first time: "Midnight Express".
Stoopud-ass American kid gets caught with a shit-ton of hash at the airport in Turkey. Goes to Turkish slammer. Gets the Lawrence of Arabia treatment first night.
What's? The? Point? I'm supposed to feel sorry because he's American?
Seriously?
I think that is the point. I also feel little sympathy for drug-smugglers who end up in nasty prisons. I can have some sympathy for addicts, but not for those who decided to profit from other people's misery.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:12:36pm |
re: #170 Cato the Elder
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
You can turn it off now.
MUCH & Many better things to do with your time!
Hey, was this on the teevee?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:13:43pm |
re: #170 Cato the Elder
No kidding. If that kid had any brains at all, he would have gone to Lebanon to get his hash. Duh!
| 176 |
Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:16:49pm |
re: #175 Slumbering Behemoth
Yeah. That kid was such a dope!
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webevintage Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:20:00pm |
Have I lost my sense of humor?
[Link: washingtonscene.thehill.com...]
I don't find beating pinatas of real people even remotely funny.
Hell, I hate Palin but would be seriously offended if someone suggested at a liberal gathering to whack the crap out a Sarah pinata.
Sheesh, stay classy CPAC....
or is that an oxymoron?
| 178 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:20:07pm |
| 180 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:26:29pm |
re: #177 webevintage
Wait, an oxycontin? No, I am thinking of someone else.
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:26:32pm |
re: #172 Dark_Falcon
I think that is the point. I also feel little sympathy for drug-smugglers who end up in nasty prisons. I can have some sympathy for addicts, but not for those who decided to profit from other people's misery.
American jaiis are bad enough...I think the shock value appeal for this movie was some rape scene if I recall...I might be wrong, but people love that shit
| 182 |
Kruk Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:28:18pm |
re: #177 webevintage
Have I lost my sense of humor?
[Link: washingtonscene.thehill.com...]I don't find beating pinatas of real people even remotely funny.
Hell, I hate Palin but would be seriously offended if someone suggested at a liberal gathering to whack the crap out a Sarah pinata.Sheesh, stay classy CPAC...
or is that an oxymoron?
Hmmm. Which less classy, beating a person in effigy or talking about hanging your opponents? There is some serious anger management needed for these folks.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
| 183 |
Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:29:01pm |
re: #181 albusteve
American jaiis are bad enough...I think the shock value appeal for this movie was some rape scene if I recall...I might be wrong, but people love that shit
Actually, compared to some Greek hotels I've stayed in, Turkish prison doesn't look too bad.
| 184 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:29:44pm |
re: #177 webevintage
Have I lost my sense of humor?
[Link: washingtonscene.thehill.com...]I don't find beating pinatas of real people even remotely funny.
Hell, I hate Palin but would be seriously offended if someone suggested at a liberal gathering to whack the crap out a Sarah pinata.Sheesh, stay classy CPAC...
or is that an oxymoron?
I agree with you. However, Cato would likely enjoy whacking a Palin pinata. What would you fill it with, though?
/feel free to insert your own gags to answer the question.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:33:42pm |
re: #170 Cato the Elder
So, I'm watching this old movie for the first time: "Midnight Express".
Stoopud-ass American kid gets caught with a shit-ton of hash at the airport in Turkey. Goes to Turkish slammer. Gets the Lawrence of Arabia treatment first night.
What's? The? Point? I'm supposed to feel sorry because he's American?
Seriously?
I'm not sure how far into the movie you are but it's really a great story. Just think of it like any other prison movie, there's not really a political message.
| 186 |
Dancing along the light of day Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:35:06pm |
Good night, Lizards.
Stay scaly.
Play nice,
Or be REALLY REALLY mean, if you must!
| 187 |
albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:36:20pm |
re: #183 Cato the Elder
Actually, compared to some Greek hotels I've stayed in, Turkish prison doesn't look too bad.
I've never visited Grease, I can't say...but I've been stuck in a few counties..as far as Turkish prison, I think the old saw about save the last bullet for yourself might apply
| 188 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:37:53pm |
re: #182 Kruk
C'mon Kruk, that speaker was just an entertainer. It was all just satire.
| 189 |
albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:38:29pm |
re: #185 Killgore Trout
I'm not sure how far into the movie you are but it's really a great story. Just think of it like any other prison movie, there's not really a political message.
it really is a good movie...very scary for whimpy sorts like myself....I freak out locked up in a hospital for a week
| 190 |
Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:38:33pm |
LOL. Just watching the reruns of doubles luge. Cracks me up. How did it ever come about? I completely understand one sledder, but then was it 'oh hey lets try to people and the second person can just lie right on top'!
Yeah aaawesome....
| 192 |
Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:39:26pm |
Love him or hate him, Tom Friedman makes sense in this piece. I think global weirding is an appropriate term. Or maybe global wilding might make more sense. Then maybe Fox would take notice. When nature goes wild, next on Fox!!!
| 193 |
Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:40:04pm |
re: #188 Slumbering Behemoth
C'mon Kruk, that speaker was just an entertainer. It was all just satire.
At one time I would have condemned that photoshop as a low blow, but now I feel that low blows are fair when dealing with Rush. He's a lying, bigoted, asshole and anything that is not spreading falsehood is fairgame in my eyes where he's concerned.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:40:35pm |
re: #177 webevintage
Have I lost my sense of humor?
[Link: washingtonscene.thehill.com...]I don't find beating pinatas of real people even remotely funny.
Hell, I hate Palin but would be seriously offended if someone suggested at a liberal gathering to whack the crap out a Sarah pinata.Sheesh, stay classy CPAC...
or is that an oxymoron?
Well, that's perfectly disgusting.
| 195 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:40:54pm |
re: #190 Jadespring
It's a part of the grand and overarching Homosexual Agenda. Boo!
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:41:24pm |
re: #185 Killgore Trout
I'm not sure how far into the movie you are but it's really a great story. Just think of it like any other prison movie, there's not really a political message.
Yeah, you're right.
And given the year it was made, it really boils down to a plea for legalization.
NORML!
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:41:44pm |
re: #190 Jadespring
LOL. Just watching the reruns of doubles luge. Cracks me up. How did it ever come about? I completely understand one sledder, but then was it 'oh hey lets try to people and the second person can just lie right on top'!
Yeah aaawesome...
two words...
Cool Runnings
there are more senseless gimmicks at the Olympics
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:41:57pm |
re: #182 Kruk
Hmmm. Which less classy, beating a person in effigy or talking about hanging your opponents? There is some serious anger management needed for these folks.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Wow.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:43:03pm |
re: #195 Slumbering Behemoth
That's right. It's a part teh ghey they want interinflitrate teh yutes with!?!/@)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:44:13pm |
re: #193 Dark_Falcon
Same here. I listened to him daily for three years back in the '90s. I am a recovering ditto head.
But the more I learn, the more I see that he is the grand-daddy of low blows. He elevates nothing, and I am better for having left him behind.
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Kruk Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:44:29pm |
re: #195 Slumbering Behemoth
It's a part of the grand and overarching Homosexual Agenda. Boo!
You mean there's no mixed doubles in luge? :(
| 202 |
Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:44:31pm |
re: #195 Slumbering Behemoth
It's a part of the grand and overarching Homosexual Agenda. Boo!
Sneaky.....
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:44:37pm |
re: #198 SanFranciscoZionist
Wow.
phaunts...Hang Em High
donks....A Fist Full Of Dollars
indies...The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
| 204 |
Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:44:42pm |
re: #196 Cato the Elder
I may not be normal but I'm all for NORML.
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:45:44pm |
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:46:20pm |
re: #184 Dark_Falcon
I agree with you. However, Cato would likely enjoy whacking a Palin pinata. What would you fill it with, though?
/feel free to insert your own gags to answer the question.
Tea bags?
Sorry, too easy.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:48:04pm |
re: #185 Killgore Trout
I'm not sure how far into the movie you are but it's really a great story. Just think of it like any other prison movie, there's not really a political message.
On the other hand, there is his little speech before the court: "For a nation of pigs, it's funny you don't eat 'em...I hate you, and I hate your nation, and I fuck your sons and daughters because they're all pigs."
I wonder if this movie is shown in Turkey.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:49:35pm |
re: #190 Jadespring
LOL. Just watching the reruns of doubles luge. Cracks me up. How did it ever come about? I completely understand one sledder, but then was it 'oh hey lets try to people and the second person can just lie right on top'!
Yeah aaawesome...
We had a really good day today. Golds sivers, bronzes...
Sweet!
| 210 |
Kruk Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:51:25pm |
re: #204 Irenicum
I may not be normal but I'm all for NORML.
Heh. The Aoteoroa Legalise Cannabis Party only won about 9500 votes in our last election. That's fewer than the 13,000 won by the Bill and Ben Party, which two guys named, well, Bill and Ben, set up for a laugh. You have to wonder if ALC's supporters were just too stoned to show up on election day...
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:51:34pm |
I just looked it up and I think my question is answered. It was likely beer and wine induced. That makes sense. Also explains the whole head first skeleton thing. :D
Luge, like the skeleton and the bobsled, originated in the health-spa town of St Moritz, Switzerland, in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, through the endeavours of hotel entrepreneur Caspar Badrutt. Badrutt successfully sold the idea of winter resorting, as well as rooms with food, drink, and activities. His more adventurous English guests began adapting delivery boys' sleds for recreation, which led to collisions with pedestrians as they sped down the lanes and alleys of the village. This had two outcomes: in the short term the guests began to devise methods of steering the sleds, and so invented the skeleton (head first, prone), the luge (feet first, supine), and the two- and four-man bobsleighs. In the long term, in the interests of pedestrian safety, he built a thin special track for his guests' activities — the world's first "half-pipe", in about 1870.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:51:39pm |
re: #209 austin_blue
We had a really good day today. Golds sivers, bronzes...
Sweet!
At my age, I'd settle for a chocklit.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:52:29pm |
re: #203 albusteve
I've got all three on DVD. Great films. Sergio Leone was a friggin' genius, so is Ennio Morricone.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:52:47pm |
re: #210 Kruk
Huh? What? Sorry dude. I totally was watching Beavis and Butthead. Ya have a brownie?
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Racer X Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:54:57pm |
re: #209 austin_blue
We had a really good day today. Golds sivers, bronzes...
Sweet!
Syria won a medal today. Unfortunately it was aluminum.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:56:16pm |
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Killgore Trout Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:56:20pm |
re: #208 Cato the Elder
On the other hand, there is his little speech before the court: "For a nation of pigs, it's funny you don't eat 'em...I hate you, and I hate your nation, and I fuck your sons and daughters because they're all pigs."
I wonder if this movie is shown in Turkey.
I'm not sure. The movie was made around the time of the Islamic awakening and the establishment of the Iranian theocracy. Beirut was still a party town and Islam was just beginning to radicalize and seethe relentlessly. I don't recall mass Islamic outrage over the movie but I was young then.
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albusteve Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:57:39pm |
re: #213 Slumbering Behemoth
I've got all three on DVD. Great films. Sergio Leone was a friggin' genius, so is Ennio Morricone.
looks like Eli again...never seen it
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:59:11pm |
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:59:14pm |
re: #217 Jadespring
Love luge and bobsled. Such a rush with both.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:59:16pm |
re: #211 Jadespring
I just looked it up and I think my question is answered. It was likely beer and wine induced. That makes sense. Also explains the whole head first skeleton thing. :D
Luge was an East German specialty when it was brought into the Olympics.
It, and the skeleton, are really exciting events. I imagine every adult in the US (who had the experience) imagining running in the skeleton competition in their Flexible Flyers when they were kids...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 9:59:28pm |
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:02:11pm |
Did I miss something? Palin isn't speaking at CPAC?
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:03:14pm |
re: #223 austin_blue
Luge was an East German specialty when it was brought into the Olympics.
It, and the skeleton, are really exciting events. I imagine every adult in the US (who had the experience) imagining running in the skeleton competition in their Flexible Flyers when they were kids...
I had one of those!
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Eclectic Infidel Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:03:37pm |
re: #22 jaunte
Yup.. that's what thugs do. Hamas used the same tactics in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. I just with the Taliban would be honest and use their own thugs for shields but I am a dreamer.
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webevintage Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:04:48pm |
re: #194 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, that's perfectly disgusting.
OK, I feel better.
Just worried about my humor level which is normally sophomoric to say the least....thought I might be getting sanctimonious or something.
I guess it is good to know that you actually have a line that should not be crossed.
Night guys.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:05:05pm |
re: #225 austin_blue
She turned down an invite early on. She's casting her lot with the teabaggers.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:05:53pm |
re: #213 Slumbering Behemoth
I've got all three on DVD. Great films. Sergio Leone was a friggin' genius, so is Ennio Morricone.
And then there's "Once Upon A Time In America", the movie that got me hot for Jennifer Connelly.
She was so young in that flick they had to replace her older self with Sean Young. But she grew up.
And if you look at how they aged de Niro with makeup and compare it to how he looks now, you see the genius of Hollywood.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:06:35pm |
re: #218 Killgore Trout
I'm not sure. The movie was made around the time of the Islamic awakening and the establishment of the Iranian theocracy. Beirut was still a party town and Islam was just beginning to radicalize and seethe relentlessly. I don't recall mass Islamic outrage over the movie but I was young then.
Somehow I doubts me they missed that.
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webevintage Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:07:00pm |
re: #225 austin_blue
Did I miss something? Palin isn't speaking at CPAC?
I guess she wanted too much money?
She got paid in the vicinity of $75,000 last night to speak at the Arkansas Republican fundraiser here in Little Rock.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:07:08pm |
re: #223 austin_blue
Luge was an East German specialty when it was brought into the Olympics.
It, and the skeleton, are really exciting events. I imagine every adult in the US (who had the experience) imagining running in the skeleton competition in their Flexible Flyers when they were kids...
Busted a few ribs tryin' that.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:08:01pm |
re: #229 Slumbering Behemoth
She turned down an invite early on. She's casting her lot with the teabaggers.
Too bad. I was hoping to sneak in and get a picture with her.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:08:32pm |
re: #226 Jadespring
I had one of those!
Killer bee, weren't they? I loved my Flexi. Tore the shit out of it over the years.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:09:22pm |
Is it me or is the term flexible flyer taking on all new meaning? Yep, it's me. I should repent.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:09:34pm |
re: #229 Slumbering Behemoth
She turned down an invite early on. She's casting her lot with the teabaggers.
Well, that's politicide.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:10:14pm |
re: #230 Cato the Elder
I've been hot for her since Labyrinth, I still am. An no, that's not creepy. She was a year older than me then, and still a year older than me now.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:10:38pm |
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:11:27pm |
re: #236 Irenicum
Is it me or is the term flexible flyer taking on all new meaning? Yep, it's me. I should repent.
What, still trying to join the Mile High Club?
;-)
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:11:45pm |
re: #229 Slumbering Behemoth
So the teabaggers and their cohorts are better than CPAC? I'm so relieved!
/ (like it's necessary)
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Eclectic Infidel Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:12:40pm |
re: #177 webevintage
It's in exceptionally poor taste but that said, the article mentioned that the party wasn't sponsored by CPAC.
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freetoken Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:12:57pm |
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:14:03pm |
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:14:23pm |
re: #239 Cato the Elder
No, it's not.
Feel the wind.
Cato-
Here's an interesting take on Palin. I happen to agree:
[Link: www.miamiherald.com...]
Run Sarah, run!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:15:54pm |
re: #237 austin_blue
She's about the money and the glamor. She's getting both in spades for now. She also has an anti-elite image to maintain. Casting her lot with the "establishment" CPAC would be counter to that image, and lose her nut-cred with the tea-huffers.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:16:00pm |
re: #246 austin_blue
Cato-
Here's an interesting take on Palin. I happen to agree:
[Link: www.miamiherald.com...]
Run Sarah, run!
Drill Sarah.
(I loves me some subjective-objective case confusion!)
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:16:05pm |
re: #232 webevintage
I guess she wanted too much money?
She got paid in the vicinity of $75,000 last night to speak at the Arkansas Republican fundraiser here in Little Rock.
Anything new? Or just the usual platitudes?
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:17:13pm |
re: #232 webevintage
I guess she wanted too much money?
She got paid in the vicinity of $75,000 last night to speak at the Arkansas Republican fundraiser here in Little Rock.
Did she ostentatiously give the money back?
Didn't think so.
Game. Set. Match.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:17:23pm |
re: #228 webevintage
OK, I feel better.
Just worried about my humor level which is normally sophomoric to say the least...thought I might be getting sanctimonious or something.
I guess it is good to know that you actually have a line that should not be crossed.
Night guys.
Making an effigy of an elected official and hitting it with sticks does not seem like a good idea to me. No.
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:17:49pm |
And with that bit of inappropriateness, I bid y'all g'nite.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:18:52pm |
re: #238 Slumbering Behemoth
I've been hot for her since Labyrinth, I still am. An no, that's not creepy. She was a year older than me then, and still a year older than me now.
Dorky as it is, that is still one sexy movie.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:19:07pm |
re: #251 Cato the Elder
She'll stick it to give it back to "the movement" somehow.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:19:09pm |
re: #246 austin_blue
Cato-
Here's an interesting take on Palin. I happen to agree:
[Link: www.miamiherald.com...]
Run Sarah, run!
Ohhh! That one is just brutal. Pitts calling Palin an example of a "stupefaction spearing like kunzu" (I'm paraphrasing slightly). It a column worthy of Cato, and he'll love it!
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:19:33pm |
re: #235 austin_blue
Killer bee, weren't they? I loved my Flexi. Tore the shit out of it over the years.
Though the most fun I ever had on any sled was a GT Racer in my early twenties. I went to this small mountain to do the ski bumb thing for the winter. It was a really good snow year and there was tons of it and whole we were waiting for the mountain to open we got really bored.
Somehow someone discovered this road that would up a hill and since it had a tower on top in was plowed. It had banks around the turns so it was like a really funky sled track. So a bunch of us bought some sleds and with the help of a truck started some sledding fun. End up developing into GT-Racer derby league of sorts with about twenty people on some nights. The object was to get any team member down first, any way possible. 2 blockers and 2 sprinters on a team. It was wild and crazy and people got into it, trying to figure out how to make the sleds faster and some people coming out with hockey pads and helmets.
On one night that was pretty icy so we decided to clock how fast we were going by having the truck follow the last person. They clocked at about 35 miles per hour which I think is pretty nutz for a bunch of adults carreening down the road on kids sleds.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:19:41pm |
re: #255 SanFranciscoZionist
Dorky as it is, that is still one sexy movie.
Never seen it. If Jenny's in it, I'm there.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:20:04pm |
re: #248 Cato the Elder
Drill Sarah.
(I loves me some subjective-objective case confusion!)
Please no. Fives kids from that twit is quite enough. ;)
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:20:08pm |
re: #247 Slumbering Behemoth
She's about the money and the glamor. She's getting both in spades for now. She also has an anti-elite image to maintain. Casting her lot with the "establishment" CPAC would be counter to that image, and lose her nut-cred with the tea-huffers.
Please read the essay in my 246.
It reflects the direction this board is taking. To the better, IMHO.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:20:29pm |
re: #255 SanFranciscoZionist
You are one unusual person. I am so jealous of your husband right now.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:21:32pm |
re: #263 Slumbering Behemoth
You are one unusual person. I am so jealous of your husband right now.
I shall take that as a compliment!
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:22:13pm |
re: #255 SanFranciscoZionist
Dorky as it is, that is still one sexy movie.
It a great work. I've seen the puppet work that went into making the movie and its fair to say the Jim Henson put every trick he knew into making the movie look great. And he succeeded.
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Obdicut Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:22:44pm |
One last thing before I go to bed:
We may have found people more irresponsible than the federal government in terms of spending.
The state governments:
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:22:50pm |
re: #264 SanFranciscoZionist
I shall take that as a compliment!
I know your husband takes you as a complement. Or he should. Tell him so from me.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:23:07pm |
re: #255 SanFranciscoZionist
Dorky as it is, that is still one sexy movie.
You remind me of the babe, the babe with the power, the power of voodoo.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:23:29pm |
re: #268 Jadespring
You remind me of the babe, the babe with the power, the power of voodoo.
Who do?
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:23:47pm |
re: #257 Dark_Falcon
Ohhh! That one is just brutal. Pitts calling Palin an example of a "stupefaction spreading like kudzu" (I'm paraphrasing slightly). It a column worthy of Cato, and he'll love it!
PIMF Sorry I'm distracted, a new group of Battletech variants just came out.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:24:38pm |
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:25:19pm |
re: #259 Jadespring
OK, you officially have joined my cool club. You remind me of when I went to a baptist winter retreat in the Catskills and rode a ski bike. Best damn ride of my life! I still want one today! It's like riding a Huffy, but with a short ski in the front and a long one in the back. And you can steer the front one! I will never forget that ride.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:26:04pm |
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:27:05pm |
re: #272 Irenicum
OK, you officially have joined my cool club. You remind me of when I went to a baptist winter retreat in the Catskills and rode a ski bike. Best damn ride of my life! I still want one today! It's like riding a Huffy, but with a short ski in the front and a long one in the back. And you can steer the front one! I will never forget that ride.
I've seen those. They look like so much fun. :D
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:27:13pm |
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Eclectic Infidel Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:28:47pm |
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:28:52pm |
re: #275 Jadespring
If I could buy one now I would. Too much fun. But I just bought a dart board for our house, so I should refrain.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:29:04pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:29:37pm |
re: #262 austin_blue
I found that a telling moment. See, ultimately what you represent is not conservatism. Heck, I suspect that somewhere, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan are spinning like helicopter rotors at the very idea.
No, you represent the latest iteration of an anti-intellectualism that periodically rises in the American character.
More to the point, something is wrong when we celebrate mental mediocrity like yours under the misapprehension that competence or, God forbid, intelligence, makes a person one of those ``elites'' -- that's a curse word now -- lacking authenticity, compassion and common sense.
Heh, check my rant here.
Though I am not so sure I want her to run and win. Yet, maybe this guy is onto something. Maybe it will take a Palin for us to get a Reagan.
/oooh, that's gotta burn someone...
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:29:47pm |
re: #278 Irenicum
If I could buy one now I would. Too much fun. But I just bought a dart board for our house, so I should refrain.
Put it on the list for next year!
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Irenicum Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:30:36pm |
No. Really. I need to say good night. Love to my fellow lizards.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:32:10pm |
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Eclectic Infidel Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:33:48pm |
re: #276 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, by the by, I/we just saw the Israeli Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh given a talk at UCB tonight at 7. He did an excellent job. NO haters were present.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:36:50pm |
re: #280 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh, check my rant here.
Though I am not so sure I want her to run and win. Yet, maybe this guy is onto something. Maybe it will take a Palin for us to get a Reagan.
/oooh, that's gotta burn someone...
If she is the Republican candidate in 2012, Dems will be dancing the streets.
Independents don't like anti-elitist, anti-intellectual candidates.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:37:47pm |
re: #287 austin_blue
If she is the Republican candidate in 2012, Dems will be dancing the streets.
Independents don't like anti-elitist, anti-intellectual candidates.
I sure hope she's not. Having to vote for Obama would be very painful for me.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:39:05pm |
Ack! Twelve thirty! Good night, dear Lizards. Sweet dreams.
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:41:08pm |
re: #287 austin_blue
If she is the Republican candidate in 2012, Dems will be dancing the streets.
Independents don't like anti-elitist, anti-intellectual candidates.
I would like to see how a Palin election would play out with one condition.
You'd have to be able to hit the 'save' button before the primaries then when the whole thing is over 'reload' to your previously saved game and remove Palin as a character in the options menu.
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austin_blue Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:42:20pm |
re: #288 Dark_Falcon
I sure hope she's not. Having to vote for Obama would be very painful for me.
But if it was the best thing for your country, you would hold your nose and do it, yes?
Night, DF. Sleep well, my friend.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:43:02pm |
re: #286 freetoken
The music from my favorite scene in that movie. Very tense scene, made even more so by Ennio's composition. Multi-updings!
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:43:44pm |
re: #291 austin_blue
But if it was the best thing for your country, you would hold your nose and do it, yes?
Night, DF. Sleep well, my friend.
Yes, I'd do it. I'd hate doing it, but if it was a choice between Obama and Palin I'd vote for Obama.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:43:58pm |
re: #290 Jadespring
I would like to see how a Palin election would play out with one condition.
You'd have to be able to hit the 'save' button before the primaries then when the whole thing is over 'reload' to your previously saved game and remove Palin as a character in the options menu.
Politics would be so much better...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:44:23pm |
re: #287 austin_blue
Independents don't like anti-elitist, anti-intellectual candidates.
Hello, my name is Slumbering Behemoth. I am a republican, and I don't like that shit either.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:44:55pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:45:44pm |
re: #296 Slumbering Behemoth
Hello, my name is Slumbering Behemoth. I am a republican, and I don't like that shit either.
But are you an independent kind of Republican?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:46:32pm |
re: #288 Dark_Falcon
I knew it! You're nothing but a gawt-damned commie, RINO, traitor. It is obvious to me now that you were never on our side!
/
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:46:54pm |
re: #295 SanFranciscoZionist
Politics would be so much better...
Wouldn't it?
Okay now we see how this is all working out? Right? All agree?
Let's try this again.
RELOAD
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:47:59pm |
re: #298 SanFranciscoZionist
But are you an independent kind of Republican?
No, I'd say I'm more of an establishment type. I'm not a big fan of candidates who turn things upside down, preferring things to remain predictable.
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laZardo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:48:05pm |
I'm still waiting on Cynthia McKinney to get the boot so I can go Green.
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laZardo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:48:27pm |
re: #301 Dark_Falcon
No, I'd say I'm more of an establishment type. I'm not a big fan of candidates who turn things upside down, preferring things to remain predictable.
SQUARE!
/ q;
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:49:24pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:50:10pm |
re: #302 laZardo
I'm still waiting on Cynthia McKinney to get the boot so I can go Green.
Are you really going to forgive them just like that as soon as they boot her?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:50:25pm |
re: #298 SanFranciscoZionist
Certainly. Look where most of them are going now. In a direction I can not follow. :sigh:
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Killgore Trout Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:51:52pm |
Republican plan to outlaw money (no, it's not the Onion)....
Bill would ban federal currency in SC
South Carolina will no longer recognize U.S. currency as legal tender, if State Rep. Mike Pitts has his way.
Pitts, a fourth-term Republican from Laurens, introduced legislation earlier this month that would ban what he calls “the unconstitutional substitution of Federal Reserve Notes for silver and gold coin” in South Carolina.
If the bill were to become law, South Carolina would no longer accept or use anything other than silver and gold coins as a form of payment for any debt, meaning paper money would be out in the Palmetto State.
Pitts said the intent of the bill is to give South Carolina the ability to “function through gold and silver coinage” and give the state a “base of currency” in the event of a complete implosion of the U.S. economic system.
Genius!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:52:05pm |
re: #300 Jadespring
RELOAD
So, it's been just over a year now since the election... How do you like Pres. Hillary Clinton?
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:53:06pm |
Oh jeepers. "Labyrinth" is on Netflix Instant.
I'll be back.
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laZardo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:53:36pm |
re: #305 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, not that quickly. But considering where the two mainstream parties are going, it seems like Independent is more of an Apathy vote.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:53:41pm |
re: #307 Killgore Trout
Republican plan to outlaw money (no, it's not the Onion)...
Bill would ban federal currency in SCGenius!
Gold Standard!
States Rights!
Ron Paul!
Tea Party!
/Puke!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:53:47pm |
re: #304 Dark_Falcon
Own it, bro. You're definitely a square, but a cool kind of square. I'd let you watch me drink beer anytime.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:54:12pm |
re: #298 SanFranciscoZionist
But are you an independent kind of Republican?
I'm a Republican kind of Independent, and an Independent kind of Democrat.
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:54:12pm |
re: #302 laZardo
Sorry, but after Nader, it gonna happen for me.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:55:23pm |
re: #314 Olsonist
Sorry, but after Nader, it ain't gonna happen for me.
If that change is what you really meant to say, then I'm glad to hear that. It further confirms your sanity.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:56:51pm |
re: #311 Dark_Falcon
The left never got this crazy under Bush. There was the occasional city council that would oppose the Patriot Act but crazy legislation against government implanted tracking devices and outlawing money? The left never got this stupid.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:57:08pm |
re: #307 Killgore Trout
Bonsai! Not like that bill has a chance in hell of passing, but watch everyone run the fuck away from that state if it does.
He may as well put up a bill for secession from the union, for all the effective good it would do.
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:57:17pm |
re: #315 Dark_Falcon
Damn DF, you coulda said Typo Corrected and I'd a been totally flummoxed. Instead, I'm left at the eternal gratitude stage.
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laZardo Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:59:33pm |
re: #314 Olsonist
Sorry, but after Nader, it gonna happen for me.
Nader is the reason 2001-2009 went down so badly. q:
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blueraven Wed, Feb 17, 2010 10:59:54pm |
re: #182 Kruk
Hmmm. Which less classy, beating a person in effigy or talking about hanging your opponents? There is some serious anger management needed for these folks.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
It is a hard choice but since CPAC is supposed to represent the best of conservatism and the values they hold, I have to give them the edge for low class.
On the other hand, the news clip was just ignorant and strange. Where were the questions from the media about what was said? They appeared to be promoting the group rather than reporting.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:01:17pm |
re: #314 Olsonist
Sorry, but after Nader, it gonna happen for me.
Nader gave Bush eight years in the White House.
He's Lebanese meat to me.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:02:02pm |
re: #317 Slumbering Behemoth
Bonsai! Not like that bill has a chance in hell of passing, but watch everyone run the fuck away from that state if it does.
He may as well put up a bill for secession from the union, for all the effective good it would do.
Well since he wants to claim the filthy mantle of John C. Calhoun, he receives my Standing Answer to Neo-Confederates:
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:03:09pm |
Our news is really playing up the olympic mock Stephen Colbert feud.
In the what's coming up in the news announcement.
"Stephen Colbert apologizes to Canadians, but does he really mean it?"
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:03:47pm |
re: #321 Cato the Elder
I have a friend who's a Prof in the Anth Department at Cal. She says his sister is a real piece of work as well.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:04:28pm |
re: #316 Killgore Trout
IIRC, there was one wee little squawk of secession, and another wee little squawk of "arrest warrant" for GWB, but all in all, the Tea-Huffers are outdoing their counterparts by leaps and bounds.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:04:43pm |
re: #321 Cato the Elder
Nader gave Bush eight years in the White House.
He's Lebanese meat to me.
I'm grateful to Nader then, for keeping Gore and Kerry out of the White House.
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:07:03pm |
re: #326 Dark_Falcon
Of course I'm grateful to Ross Perot for kicking Bush out of the White House. But that's what he wanted to do. Nader didn't have a clue about what he wanted to do.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:08:25pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:08:43pm |
re: #327 Olsonist
Of course I'm grateful to Ross Perot for kicking Bush out of the White House. But that's what he wanted to do. Nader didn't have a clue about what he wanted to do.
Aw, come on. Bush the Elder wasn't bad. Clinton could be reckoned an improvement from some points of view, but they were both competent.
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:09:40pm |
re: #325 Slumbering Behemoth
IIRC, there was one wee little squawk of secession, and another wee little squawk of "arrest warrant" for GWB, but all in all, the Tea-Huffers are outdoing their counterparts by leaps and bounds.
Was that the State of Jefferson seceding from California?
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:14:13pm |
re: #326 Dark_Falcon
I'm grateful to Nader then, for keeping Gore and Kerry out of the White House.
I used to think that way.
Then I woke up.
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:14:57pm |
re: #329 Dark_Falcon
He was not as malevolently bad as his son was. No, he was not bad nor was he very good. Panama was pointless. Somalia was positively stupid. Kuwait was necessary. On the home front. Nothing on the homefront. Having spent his time in the CIA and in China, he really saw himself as the great foreign policy President. But the folks back in the States didn't much appreciate that.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:15:14pm |
re: #330 Olsonist
Not that. I seem to recall some moonbats calling for Berkeley to secede. Then again, it could have been some wingnuts calling for that.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:15:27pm |
re: #329 Dark_Falcon
Aw, come on. Bush the Elder wasn't bad. Clinton could be reckoned an improvement from some points of view, but they were both competent.
Bush the Elder was the original ass-cheek-spreading whore for the Saudis.
Well, after we took over from the Brits, that is.
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:20:08pm |
re: #335 Cato the Elder
Bush the Elder was the original ass-cheek-spreading whore for the Saudis.
Well, after we took over from the Brits, that is.
I beg to differ. How could Bush the Elder be spreading his cheeks when he was giving the Chinese a blow job?
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:21:48pm |
re: #336 Olsonist
I beg to differ. How could Bush the Elder be spreading his cheeks when he was giving the Chinese a blow job?
Double whammy.
Haven't you ever seen any porn?
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Jadespring Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:22:36pm |
Ha, the word banner at the bottom of the news segment on Colbert was:
COLBERT IN OUR NATION
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:23:08pm |
re: #337 Cato the Elder
Why no. I've never seen any porn. Honest.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:24:42pm |
Please direct your conversation to porn. It's better than the Bush bash that was going on. I guess I just don't get it, because I've always held both Presidents Bush in decent regard.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:27:19pm |
re: #339 Olsonist
Your credibility rating just went to -837.
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Olsonist Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:36:38pm |
re: #340 Dark_Falcon
Look. You're a Republican, big R and little r. You appreciate continuity with people you trust in power. Predictability. That's an understandable thoroughly conventional and acceptable worldview.
I take a radically different view. I mostly think the United States is a pretty damn good place, though not perfect by any means. I think it can and has been a force for good but I expect results from the guy we hire. Period. There is no way we should be Saudi Arabia's or Israel's or China's bitch. Unfortunately, over the last 20 years since the fall of communism we've been on a downhill slide. I'll give Clinton credit for Bosnia/Kosovo. That was a proxy war with the remnant of the Sovs. Good on for Billy.
So I'm really not happy with things because I'm looking at the results. Iraq was $1T for nothing. Really. Poof. Kuwait was paid for. Iraq cost us $1T. Not happy.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Feb 17, 2010 11:39:13pm |
re: #342 Olsonist
Look. You're a Republican, big R and little r. You appreciate continuity with people you trust in power. Predictability. That's an understandable thoroughly conventional and acceptable worldview.
I take a radically different view. I mostly think the United States is a pretty damn good place, though not perfect by any means. I think it can and has been a force for good but I expect results from the guy we hire. Period. There is no way we should be Saudi Arabia's or Israel's or China's bitch. Unfortunately, over the last 20 years since the fall of communism we've been on a downhill slide. I'll give Clinton credit for Bosnia/Kosovo. That was a proxy war with the remnant of the Sovs. Good on for Billy.
So I'm really not happy with things because I'm looking at the results. Iraq was $1T for nothing. Really. Poof. Kuwait was paid for. Iraq cost us $1T. Not happy.
Fair enough. That was honest and straightforward. I could ask for no better a summation.
Good night all. I've got to get to bed.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Feb 18, 2010 4:39:45am |
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b_sharp Thu, Feb 18, 2010 5:32:23pm |
re: #37 HoosierHoops
Speaking of that.. When I was in high school and playing in the worst rock band in the world for fun and loving every second of it...
I knew I needed a stage name..So for weeks I was trying to thing of the wicked bad guitarist name..
Billy Ray Missile
The greatest name for a guitarist EVAH...I thought of it!
If I had talent you f*cks would still be buying my albums!
*wink*
I'm here late, as usual, but I just have to thank you for that, it made me laugh my ass off, which is no small feat.
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