President Obama likes pie.
Other well-known people who like(d) pie: Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, and Glenn Beck. Draw your own conclusions.
The Thanksgiving menu at the White House included six kinds of pie. The White House pastry chef has said the first family’s favorite dessert is huckleberry cobbler with caramel ice cream.
(Hat tip: LGF readers.)
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cronus Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:19:14pm |
Is asking the man with the nuclear codes to give give up cigs, booze and pie all at the same time really wise?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:19:32pm |
Other well-known people who like(d) pie: Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, and Glenn Beck. Draw your own conclusions.
New Pie Order!
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:19:33pm |
Others who like pie:
Fat Bastard Vegetarian.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:19:51pm |
Other well-known people who like(d) pie: Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, and Glenn Beck.
You know who else liked pie? Yeah, that’s right, Godwin.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:21:00pm |
Heh. I had someone try to tell me the other day that the Chicago Tribune was a “Liberal Rag worse than the New York Times” because it was from Chicago. Say what??
Pie. If it isn’t apple or cherry, it isn’t worth the trouble to make. And you better use lard in that pastry :D
William
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:21:03pm |
re: #3 Killgore Trout
New Pie Order!
The pie-loving would probably be OK by itself; it’s when you match up that pie-loving with the smoking habit that makes this stuff really serious.
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political lunatic Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:21:19pm |
THIS IS OUTRAGE!!! Pie is for Real Murkins only, not sekrit commie Muslins.
/
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freetoken Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:21:29pm |
Everyone knows that Socialists like to cut up the pie into ever smaller pieces.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:22:09pm |
Creamy fish pie
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Gus Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:22:41pm |
re: #10 freetoken
Everyone knows that Socialists like to cut up the pie into ever smaller pieces.
Pie is the road to socialism!
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:22:42pm |
re: #10 freetoken
Everyone knows that Socialists like to cut up the pie into ever smaller pieces.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:22:52pm |
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PaxAmericana Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:23:16pm |
“Too much pie, that’s your problem!”
~Grandpa Simpson
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:23:30pm |
I love pie. I make my own crust using manteca (it’s not just a shithole town in California, it’s also Spanish for lard). I make pumpkin pie (from scratch, first inventing the universe, then roasting fresh pumpkin and going from there), mince meat pie, an ‘almost fat-free cheesecake’, apple pie, rhubarb pie…I’m a goddamn pie-making whore! If I could make a pie for the President, he’d declare a national holiday so he could enjoy my crust in peace.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:24:00pm |
re: #8 reine.de.tout
The pie-loving would probably be OK by itself; it’s when you match up that pie-loving with the smoking habit that makes this stuff really serious.
I’d love to see this statistics of the dangers of smoking compared to the dangers of sugar. Not sure which is worse but the combo is not good.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:24:58pm |
re: #7 wlewisiii
Pie. If it isn’t apple or cherry, it isn’t worth the trouble to make. And you better use lard in that pastry :D
Don’t you know the expression “easy as pie”? Pie is so damn easy to make the word “trouble” should only be used in the context of “Exercising off the pie I just ate is going to be trouble.”
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:25:08pm |
re: #18 Killgore Trout
I’d love to see this statistics of the dangers of smoking compared to the dangers of sugar. Not sure which is worse but the combo is not good.
*rolls eyes*
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Stanley Sea Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:25:31pm |
huckleberry cobbler with caramel ice cream.
I understand President Obama, I understand.
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Cato the Elder Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:26:54pm |
I wonder, would Obama try
Some nice, hot, Cornish
Stargazy pie.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:27:05pm |
re: #21 Racer X
Diabetes alone is among the top killers in the US because of our diet. It’s up there with cancer and car accidents.
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jamesfirecat Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:27:56pm |
There is no pie, the pie, however would you like to have some of this nice cake I’ve been enjoying? We’re all waiting for you to come join us at the Apature Science Enrichment Center!
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Why I Never! Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:28:09pm |
re: #10 freetoken
Everyone knows that Socialists like to cut up the pie into ever smaller pieces.
From each according to their ingredients, to each according to their appetites, Comrade!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:28:42pm |
Well, at least this article represents a sane look at an aspect of Obama’s life from a Republican-leaning publication. But then, the Tribune has never had a problem with Obama.
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:28:53pm |
If you haven’t tried Bell Brewery’s Hopslam Ale…..drop what you’re doing and go buy a 6 pack NOW! What a fantastic IPA.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:28:54pm |
re: #24 Killgore Trout
Diabetes alone is among the top killers in the US because of our diet. It’s up there with cancer and car accidents.
let’s redesign the hot dog!….save lives!
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:29:06pm |
re: #24 Killgore Trout
Diabetes alone is among the top killers in the US because of our diet. It’s up there with cancer and car accidents.
But I don’t think the intake of lots of sugar in and of itself causes diabetes.
Some types of diabetics are just diabetic. Others are diabetic or borderline diabetic because of excessive weight, not caused by sugar alone.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:29:36pm |
re: #29 TampaKnight
If you haven’t tried Bell Brewery’s Hopslam Ale…drop what you’re doing and go buy a 6 pack NOW! What a fantastic IPA.
Who in their right mind only buys beer in quantities of six?
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Gus Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:29:36pm |
re: #26 iceweasel
From each according to their ingredients, to each according to their appetites, Comrade!
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Eat more pie!
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:29:55pm |
re: #31 reine.de.tout
But I don’t think the intake of lots of sugar in and of itself causes diabetes.
Some types of diabetics are just diabetic. Others are diabetic or borderline diabetic because of excessive weight, not caused by sugar alone.
I think it’s type II diabetes that’s diet related.
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:29:57pm |
re: #32 darthstar
Who in their right mind only buys beer in quantities of six?
People who prefer great beer to shit.
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windsagio Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:30:08pm |
re: #33 Gus 802
Wouldn’t it be “How dare you eat the State’s pie!” ?
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Cato the Elder Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:30:19pm |
re: #26 iceweasel
From each according to their ingredients, to each according to their appetites, Comrade!
Old commie graffito sprayed (in English) on a wall in the town of Tübingen, ca. 1987:
“We don’t want just one pie, we want the whole fucking bakery!”
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:30:50pm |
My husband and Obama have something in common? Seriously?
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:02pm |
re: #24 Killgore Trout
Diabetes alone is among the top killers in the US because of our diet. It’s up there with cancer and car accidents.
I hear ya.
To equate cigarettes to being equally harmful as sugar is a bit of a stretch. Now Corn Syrup, ooh man, that shit is deadly.
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jamesfirecat Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:02pm |
re: #32 darthstar
Who in their right mind only buys beer in quantities of six?
/Do you know what else has “six” as part of it? The Jewish Star! And if you get three of those its 666 it’s all a satanistic zoinist plot by the jOOOS!
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Why I Never! Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:09pm |
re: #33 Gus 802
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Eat more pie!
Pastry chefs of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:14pm |
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torrentprime Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:15pm |
re: #7 wlewisiii
Heh. I had someone try to tell me the other day that the Chicago Tribune was a “Liberal Rag worse than the New York Times” because it was from Chicago. Say what??
I like how on the right, Chicago has been elevated (reduced?) to an “evil” city on a par with Moscow from the Cold War or Berlin from wwii (or possibly Sodom, if anyone is discussing Sinclair).
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:18pm |
re: #30 albusteve
let’s redesign the hot dog!…save lives!
I like the occasional dog but they’re really just bologna. Kinda gross.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:23pm |
re: #35 TampaKnight
People who prefer great beer to shit.
I’m talking about good, nay, great beer. If it’s worth buying, it’s worth buying by the case.
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torrentprime Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:38pm |
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freetoken Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:31:44pm |
re: #11 Killgore Trout
Butter… cream cheese… more butter…
The President’s doctor is not going to be pleased with you.
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Gus Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:32:21pm |
re: #41 iceweasel
Pastry chefs of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
Pies, and the pies alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:32:35pm |
re: #45 darthstar
I’m talking about good, nay, great beer. If it’s worth buying, it’s worth buying by the case.
To be honest, I don’t think they make cases, or even 12 packs of this beer. Most microbrews aren’t available in 12 packs.
With that said, I’m not a Joe 6 Pack!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:32:39pm |
If you elect me POTUS in 2012, there will be free pie for everyone, especially the ladies.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:32:56pm |
re: #42 albusteve
wives?
They…have wives.
Have at least one daughter.
Like huckleberry cobbler.
Perhaps the president likes U2 or The Police?
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jamesfirecat Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:33:02pm |
re: #48 Gus 802
Pies, and the pies alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
Really I don’t recall it being “Well let them eat pie” or the “Boston Pie Party”…
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:33:26pm |
re: #40 jamesfirecat
/Do you know what else has “six” as part of it? The Jewish Star! And if you get three of those its 666 it’s all a satanistic zoinist plot by the jOOOS!
There was a beer I tried a while back called “He-Brew Ale” if I recall the name correctly. I had an Israeli boss and he brought, yes, a six-pack of it when we went sailing with our VP at the time. Pretty good stuff.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:33:41pm |
re: #39 Racer X
I hear ya.
To equate cigarettes to being equally harmful as sugar is a bit of a stretch. Now Corn Syrup, ooh man, that shit is deadly.
Ah, good point. Sugar itself wouldn’t be so bad but the sucrose, fructose, etc makes things much worse. I suspect and the non-sugar sweeteners don’t do much good either. They always taste like chemicals to me.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:33:42pm |
re: #43 torrentprime
I like how on the right, Chicago has been elevated (reduced?) to an “evil” city on a par with Moscow from the Cold War or Berlin from wwii (or possibly Sodom, if anyone is discussing Sinclair).
Well, that’s not true. If anything, Chicago is more corrupt than Moscow was under the Soviet Union.
/not kidding
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:33:56pm |
re: #50 Slumbering Behemoth
If you elect me POTUS in 2012, there will be free pie for everyone, especially the ladies.
WTH is that?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:34:10pm |
Hot apple pie on the counter right now. I kid you not.
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Gus Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:34:23pm |
re: #52 jamesfirecat
Really I don’t recall it being “Well let them eat pie” or the “Boston Pie Party”…
Hmm, you might have something there. Maybe we can start the Pie Party and have Pie Party protests. Better check the word pie for sexual connotations.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:35:03pm |
re: #49 TampaKnight
To be honest, I don’t think they make cases, or even 12 packs of this beer. Most microbrews aren’t available in 12 packs.
With that said, I’m not a Joe 6 Pack!
Noone’s accusing you of THAT (being a Joe 6-pack). And yes, most stores only carry micro-brews in sixes…I just buy more than one sixer at a time.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:35:06pm |
re: #47 freetoken
Butter… cream cheese… more butter…
The President’s doctor is not going to be pleased with you.
Yeah, the brits put cream in
everything
.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:35:19pm |
re: #57 EmmmieG
Hot apple pie on the counter right now. I kid you not.
With some ice cream on top?
don’t lie to me EmmmieG!
*wink*
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torrentprime Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:35:26pm |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
Well, that’s not true. If anything, Chicago is more corrupt than Moscow was under the Soviet Union.
/not kidding
We’re not talking facts; we’re talking WingNut Facts (tm).
;)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:35:58pm |
re: #61 HoosierHoops
With some ice cream on top?
don’t lie to me EmmmieG!
*wink*
My husband was going to use ice cream.
I’m going for the whipped cream.
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:35:58pm |
re: #59 darthstar
Noone’s accusing you of THAT (being a Joe 6-pack). And yes, most stores only carry micro-brews in sixes…I just buy more than one sixer at a time.
It’s also Monday- if it were Friday I’d have a strong whiskey in my hand.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:36:05pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:36:29pm |
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:37:06pm |
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jamesfirecat Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:37:11pm |
re: #58 Gus 802
Hmm, you might have something there. Maybe we can start the Pie Party and have Pie Party protests. Better check the word pie for sexual connotations.
There are women all across America who have been unable to practice their love for pie (making) because of Obama’s taxes!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:37:11pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:37:30pm |
re: #57 EmmmieG
Hot apple pie on the counter right now. I kid you not.
Socialist! Sekrit Muslin! Show us ur Nirth Certifikat, what are you hiding!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:37:43pm |
I’m so boring, I really only do two kinds of pie: dutch apple and lemon meringue. :D
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:38:05pm |
re: #64 TampaKnight
It’s also Monday- if it were Friday I’d have a strong whiskey in my hand.
I’ll drink my next one thinking of you ;)
William
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:38:38pm |
re: #62 torrentprime
We’re not talking facts; we’re talking WingNut Facts (tm).
;)
True that. Chicago’s not evil, just very corrupt and very Democratic. Which still is an indictment of the Dems, but is a sane indictment.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:38:56pm |
re: #64 TampaKnight
It’s also Monday- if it were Friday I’d have a strong whiskey in my hand.
We (my wife and I) are abstaining from our favorite evening beverage (Manhattans) on weekdays now. So it’ll be a glass of wine with dinner and no pre/post cocktails tonight. I’m making pizza (musrhoom—not magic, and black olive)…didn’t have time to make crust today as work was a bit busy, so I’m using a ball of store-bought pizza dough I still need to roll/toss into shape. I prefer to make my own dough, however, but I’m digressing…I must be getting hungry. Hope she gets home soon.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:39:26pm |
re: #50 Slumbering Behemoth
If you elect me POTUS in 2012, there will be free pie for everyone, especially the ladies.
Three of my favorite things: art nouveau, corsetry, and Lovecraft. :D
(pie ain’t bad either)
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:39:31pm |
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:39:53pm |
re: #76 darthstar
We (my wife and I) are abstaining from our favorite evening beverage (Manhattans) on weekdays now. So it’ll be a glass of wine with dinner and no pre/post cocktails tonight. I’m making pizza (musrhoom—not magic, and black olive)…didn’t have time to make crust today as work was a bit busy, so I’m using a ball of store-bought pizza dough I still need to roll/toss into shape. I prefer to make my own dough, however, but I’m digressing…I must be getting hungry. Hope she gets home soon.
Ha, my dad’s favorite drink is a Manhattan. I never got into it considering I hate Vermouth.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:40:24pm |
re: #63 EmmmieG
My husband was going to use ice cream.
I’m going for the whipped cream.
My secret pie..Dutch Apple with ice Cream…
Microwaved for 15 seconds.. Don’t be hate’n
I’ll run a mile in the morning before work…
God I hate Apple pie somedays…
/The worst thing..The longest run..The most crap..
Cherry Garcia Ice cream in the summer time…Oh it hurts!
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Cato the Elder Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:41:02pm |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:41:10pm |
re: #41 iceweasel
Pastry chefs of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
Pastry chefs have chains? Is that what they wear while they beat the eggs and whip the cream?
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Stanley Sea Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:41:24pm |
re: #80 TampaKnight
Ha, my dad’s favorite drink is a Manhattan. I never got into it considering I hate Vermouth.
Sweet vermouth is a little better than dry.
Love Manhattans. Darth, I can see why no weekdays though, they’ll kick your ass.
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:42:16pm |
My drink remains a tall glass of Jack Daniels with just a splash of diet coke.
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Lidane Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:42:20pm |
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:42:41pm |
Why am I just finding this now?:
Make the Pie Higher
a poem of BushismsI think we all agree, the past is over.
This is still a dangerous world.
It’s a world of madmen
And uncertainty
And potential mental losses.Rarely is the question asked
Is our children learning?
Will the highways of the internet
Become more few?
How many hands have I shaked?They misunderestimate me.
I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
I know that the human being and the fish
Can coexist.Families is where our nation finds hope
Where our wings take dream.
Put food on your family!
Knock down the tollbooth!
Vulcanize society!
Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:42:47pm |
You can have all your fruity, sugary pies, I don’t like ‘em. There is only one kind of pie that interests me.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:43:13pm |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
Well, that’s not true. If anything, Chicago is more corrupt than Moscow was under the Soviet Union.
/not kidding
Oh come on. ;-) 334 million for a MILE OF ROAD in Moscow. Chicago is fucked up by US standards, but compared to Moscow, it doesn’t even rate a blip.
[Link: abcnews.go.com…]
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:43:24pm |
re: #86 Lidane
Heh. I’ve actually been to a restaurant that charges you extra if you *don’t* want the ice cream on your apple pie.
That’s what I’m talking about!
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:43:52pm |
re: #72 WindUpBird
I’m so boring, I really only do two kinds of pie: dutch apple and lemon meringue. :D
Ooh…that’s one of my favs…and I’m not talking Dutch Apple.
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:44:24pm |
Pie sucks…all sweets suck. I’d rather have an amazing drink or pasta dish than touch a sweet. I could never have ice cream again and not care!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:45:06pm |
re: #92 TampaKnight
Pie sucks…all sweets suck. I’d rather have an amazing drink or pasta dish than touch a sweet. I could never have ice cream again and not care!
Heretic!
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:45:18pm |
re: #92 TampaKnight
Pie sucks…all sweets suck. I’d rather have an amazing drink or pasta dish than touch a sweet. I could never have ice cream again and not care!
Are you serious?
I’ll eat a bowl of chocolate ice cream instead of dinner any night of the week!
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Lidane Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:45:28pm |
re: #92 TampaKnight
Pie sucks…all sweets suck. I’d rather have an amazing drink or pasta dish than touch a sweet. I could never have ice cream again and not care!
I’m not religious, but if I was, that would be blasphemy.
Life without pie, or red velvet cake? Inconceivable!
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:45:28pm |
re: #84 Stanley Sea
Sweet vermouth is a little better than dry.
Love Manhattans. Darth, I can see why no weekdays though, they’ll kick your ass.
It’s not my ass that’s the problem…it’s my damn belly. Cutting out the hard alcohol during the week is an effort to keep my penis visible without having to stand in front of a mirror.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:45:45pm |
re: #89 WindUpBird
Oh come on. ;-) 334 million for a MILE OF ROAD in Moscow. Chicago is fucked up by US standards, but compared to Moscow, it doesn’t even rate a blip.
[Link: abcnews.go.com…]
In light of your evidence, I concede the point.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:45:52pm |
re: #94 reine.de.tout
Are you serious?
I’ll eat a bowl of chocolate ice cream instead of dinner any night of the week!
In fact, I think i’ll have some right now.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:46:06pm |
This comes form yours truly, no great fan of the current POTUS:
Let the man enjoy his pie, his rich foods, and his tobacco.
He’s kinda got some stress these days, and better he self-medicates in these ways than go berserk.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:46:07pm |
re: #92 TampaKnight
My sweet tooth: []
My pizza and beer tooth: [… … … … … … … … … … … … …]
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:46:27pm |
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:46:33pm |
re: #95 Lidane
I’m not religious, but if I was, that would be blasphemy.
Life without pie, or red velvet cake? Inconceivable!
Haha. That’s just me- a great beer is my desert usually. My office always makes pies and cookies and I don’t touch them.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:46:37pm |
re: #88 Slumbering Behemoth
I’m surprised the link didn’t go to the Pi Delta Pis from Revenge of the Nerds :D
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:47:39pm |
re: #29 TampaKnight
I will do that I like IPA’s.
Lately I got some Sierra Nevada Glissade, a lager. 6% alc. Very nice for those warmer days when hoppy seems a bit thick.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:47:48pm |
And another thing - so the Pres smokes from time to time. He’s got the good sense not to be seen doing it, and thereby recognizes the duties and expectations placed upon him even as he succumbs to a human - all too human - indulgence.
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:48:03pm |
Damn.
Between smoking and eating pie Obama may not make it to a second term.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:48:23pm |
re: #94 reine.de.tout
A truly great guilty pleasure.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:48:33pm |
re: #104 Rightwingconspirator
I will do that I like IPA’s.
Lately I got some Sierra Nevada Glissade, a lager. 6% alc. Very nice for those warmer days when hoppy seems a bit thick.
SF beer? You rock bro!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:48:45pm |
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:48:47pm |
re: #106 Racer X
Damn.
Between smoking and eating pie Obama may not make it to a second term.
Trust me, if he’s a one-termer, it’ll be for what comes out of his mouth, not for what goes in it.
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TampaKnight Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:49:19pm |
I fully support people’s freedom to drink, smoke, and eat whatever bullshit they want to stuff their face full of.
But that’s also why I fully oppose any form of universal health care.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:49:58pm |
re: #108 HoosierHoops
SF beer? You rock bro!
Sierra Nevada does good stuff!
However, the best brewery in california is in Ft. bragg: [Link: www.northcoastbrewing.com…]
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theheat Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:50:47pm |
re: #4 reine.de.tout
Who knew FBV’s pie addiction put in him in such bad company. The burning question: did Marx, Stalin, and Beck have a propensity toward pastry pr0n?
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laZardo Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:50:56pm |
I’m a cake lover and Obama is not my president!
/obligatory portal reference
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:52:02pm |
re: #108 HoosierHoops
Thanks! Had some DogFish Head 90 minute IPA. Great flavors, but very high alc. 9% I think. I’m just too damn thirsty for that.
I have eclectic beer taste. Drives D_L a bit crazy. Thank god for BevMo.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:52:23pm |
re: #114 theheat
Who knew FBV’s pie addiction put in him in such bad company. The burning question: did Marx, Stalin, and Beck have a propensity toward pastry pr0n?
Dunno about the others, but it’s a well-known fact that Stalin purged the officer corps of the Red Army because a young lieutenant caught him gazing longingly at a Martha White advertisement.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:52:24pm |
re: #113 WindUpBird
Sierra Nevada does good stuff!
However, the best brewery in california is in Ft. bragg: [Link: www.northcoastbrewing.com…]
Old No. 38 stout is fantastic. Hell, I like all their beers. Red Seal, Blue Star wheat, Scrimshaw pils…and I love visiting their brewery/restaurant in Fort Bragg…definitely worth the drive up the coast (especially during abalone season when I go diving)
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:52:58pm |
re: #118 darthstar
Old No. 38 stout is fantastic. Hell, I like all their beers. Red Seal, Blue Star wheat, Scrimshaw pils…and I love visiting their brewery/restaurant in Fort Bragg…definitely worth the drive up the coast (especially during abalone season when I go diving)
Been to Goat’s rock?
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:53:22pm |
re: #113 WindUpBird
I’ll have to try them. never have.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:54:25pm |
I have to start paying closer attention.
Tags: Barack Obama, Pie, Dessert, Pastry, Hitler
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:54:37pm |
re: #115 laZardo
I’m a cake lover and Obama is not my president!
/obligatory portal reference
They’re teasing Portal 2 on Steam. People are digging up hidden Aperture jpegs in the update to Portal. :D
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:55:24pm |
re: #119 HoosierHoops
Been to Goat’s rock?
I’ve been all over our coast. Goat’s Rock, Shell Beach…they’re all quite beautiful. I usually dive off the Mendocino headlands, but we also have spots we like in Sea Ranch by Gualala, and points between that and Ft Bragg.
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Firstinla Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:55:31pm |
Now that we have the Coffee Party the Great American Pie Party is obviously the next step to being a great democracy.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:55:35pm |
re: #92 TampaKnight
Pie sucks…all sweets suck. I’d rather have an amazing drink or pasta dish than touch a sweet. I could never have ice cream again and not care!
I’ll eat yours, then. win win.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:56:00pm |
re: #118 darthstar
Old No. 38 stout is fantastic. Hell, I like all their beers. Red Seal, Blue Star wheat, Scrimshaw pils…and I love visiting their brewery/restaurant in Fort Bragg…definitely worth the drive up the coast (especially during abalone season when I go diving)
I’m a giant nerd for Pranqster and Old Rasputin, but they’re ALL GOOD O_O
I haven’t been to the brewery yet, but it might be an excuse to go on a roadtrip and drive too fast down 101 :D
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:56:43pm |
And I have to miss, what is probably the most important thread in alll lizardom.
DAMN!
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:56:46pm |
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:57:22pm |
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:57:50pm |
re: #128 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And I have to miss, what is probably the most important thread in alll lizardom.
DAMN!
Stick around…we’ll make more.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:58:35pm |
Forget about pie, there are more important threats to the Office of the Presidency. 16th President, Slaybraham Lincoln, knew this.
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b_sharp Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:59:26pm |
re: #72 WindUpBird
I’m so boring, I really only do two kinds of pie: dutch apple and lemon meringue. :D
There really are only two kinds of pie. Pumpkin and lemon meringue.
Key lime is almost there.
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:59:52pm |
All this pie talk has convinced me too work out. Now I’m all sweaty. But I’m gonna have pie for desert.
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:59:53pm |
re: #1 ohpleaseno
I never liked pie until I read Marx.
Heck-fire! I was raised on pie and I became a Commie in college.
But, then one day, I realized the meaning of CAKE.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 6:59:58pm |
re: #133 Slumbering Behemoth
Forget about pie, there are more important threats to the Office of the Presidency. 16th President, Slaybraham Lincoln, knew this.
[Video]
That whole cry “The South shall rise again!” was more a statement of vampiric resolve than any sorta political thing. Everyone knew Pres. Davis had a back-up plan; this was it.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:00:16pm |
re: #123 darthstar
I’ve been all over our coast. Goat’s Rock, Shell Beach…they’re all quite beautiful. I usually dive off the Mendocino headlands, but we also have spots we like in Sea Ranch by Gualala, and points between that and Ft Bragg.
I’m a California boy.. I was at Goat’s Rock when I was in College doing the wild thing at 3am when the Sheriff’s dept busted us..Naked as a jay bird…
You know..When they turn on the lights on the beach it really sucks..
Mommy the Mendocino Sheriff dept really sucks…I can’t find my pants…Oh well
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:00:31pm |
re: #133 Slumbering Behemoth
Captain Abraham Lincoln? The guy who had to get his squad through a gate by giving them a five minute break and telling them to re-assemble on the other side of the gate?
That Abraham Lincoln?
(He told this story on himself with great delight. He may not have made the top 5 list for bad a@@ presidents, but he makes #1 for humor.)
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wee fury Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:01:46pm |
PIE is St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport.
(for those who aren’t thinking about food)
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:01:47pm |
re: #128 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And I have to miss, what is probably the most important thread in alll lizardom.
DAMN!
(((FBV)))
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:01:58pm |
I was in the dentist office this morning and I was reading an article about Christian flight from the Middle East in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic. Well, I found something interesting.
Hey… I’m an atheist, so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I noticed this paragraph…
“As we stood their admiring the church’s ornate altar and vestibule, the Christian hordes circulating through Jerusalem suddenly descended, like an Old Testament plague, on the church.
What’s with the literary allusions to “hordes” and “plague?” This is a magazine with a usual level of scholarly discourse, but in this case, it sounded like a cheap shot from a tabloid.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:02:22pm |
re: #137 MandyManners
But, then one day, I realized the meaning of CAKE.
It’s all about going the distance.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:02:48pm |
re: #143 Walter L. Newton
I was in the dentist office this morning and I was reading an article about Christian flight from the Middle East in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic. Well, I found something interesting.
Hey… I’m an atheist, so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I noticed this paragraph…
“As we stood their admiring the church’s ornate altar and vestibule, the Christian hordes circulating through Jerusalem suddenly descended, like an Old Testament plague, on the church.
What’s with the literary allusions to “hordes” and “plague?” This is a magazine with a usual level of scholarly discourse, but in this case, it sounded like a cheap shot from a tabloid.
My guess is that it’s a bias against tourists, not Christians.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:02:51pm |
re: #140 EmmmieG
Captain Abraham Lincoln? The guy who had to get his squad through a gate by giving them a five minute break and telling them to re-assemble on the other side of the gate?
That Abraham Lincoln?
(He told this story on himself with great delight. He may not have made the top 5 list for bad a@@ presidents, but he makes #1 for humor.)
Indeed. He was often quick with a joke, using humor to disarm his critics.
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:03:03pm |
re: #143 Walter L. Newton
I was in the dentist office this morning and I was reading an article about Christian flight from the Middle East in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic. Well, I found something interesting.
Hey… I’m an atheist, so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I noticed this paragraph…
“As we stood their admiring the church’s ornate altar and vestibule, the Christian hordes circulating through Jerusalem suddenly descended, like an Old Testament plague, on the church.
What’s with the literary allusions to “hordes” and “plague?” This is a magazine with a usual level of scholarly discourse, but in this case, it sounded like a cheap shot from a tabloid.
Who was the author?
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:03:36pm |
re: #143 Walter L. Newton
I was in the dentist office this morning and I was reading an article about Christian flight from the Middle East in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic. Well, I found something interesting.
Hey… I’m an atheist, so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I noticed this paragraph…
“As we stood their admiring the church’s ornate altar and vestibule, the Christian hordes circulating through Jerusalem suddenly descended, like an Old Testament plague, on the church.
What’s with the literary allusions to “hordes” and “plague?” This is a magazine with a usual level of scholarly discourse, but in this case, it sounded like a cheap shot from a tabloid.
I think I saw that issue of Nat Geo. They say nice things about the Juice either.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:03:51pm |
re: #143 Walter L. Newton
I was in the dentist office this morning and I was reading an article about Christian flight from the Middle East in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic. Well, I found something interesting.
Hey… I’m an atheist, so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I noticed this paragraph…
“As we stood their admiring the church’s ornate altar and vestibule, the Christian hordes circulating through Jerusalem suddenly descended, like an Old Testament plague, on the church.
What’s with the literary allusions to “hordes” and “plague?” This is a magazine with a usual level of scholarly discourse, but in this case, it sounded like a cheap shot from a tabloid.
That article was pretty bad. Bad enough that I threw the issue away, which I never do for NatGeo.
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b_sharp Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:04:21pm |
re: #96 darthstar
It’s not my ass that’s the problem…it’s my damn belly. Cutting out the hard alcohol during the week is an effort to keep my penis visible without having to stand in front of a mirror.
ROTFLMAO.
Harder to find every year.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:04:46pm |
re: #147 MandyManners
Who was the author?
I don’t know. I tore that page out of the article to bring it home, I didn’t steal the whole magazine. That wouldn’t be nice.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:04:57pm |
re: #148 Alouette
I think I saw that issue of Nat Geo. They say nice things about the Juice either.
Gah. They DON’T say nice things about the Juice. Only about the Muslims. The Muslims are the innocent helpless Niceness, afflicted by the eeville Christians and Juice.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:05:08pm |
re: #143 Walter L. Newton
I was in the dentist office this morning and I was reading an article about Christian flight from the Middle East in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic. Well, I found something interesting.
Hey… I’m an atheist, so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I noticed this paragraph…
“As we stood their admiring the church’s ornate altar and vestibule, the Christian hordes circulating through Jerusalem suddenly descended, like an Old Testament plague, on the church.
What’s with the literary allusions to “hordes” and “plague?” This is a magazine with a usual level of scholarly discourse, but in this case, it sounded like a cheap shot from a tabloid.
I’m not understanding why this author seems to think it’s some sort of weird oddity that Christians would visit a church.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:05:21pm |
re: #148 Alouette
I think I saw that issue of Nat Geo. They say nice things about the Juice either.
Yes, they call the Jewish presence as “occupation.”
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:05:24pm |
re: #144 Slumbering Behemoth
It’s all about going the distance.
The “he” could easily be replaced with a “she”.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:05:33pm |
re: #151 Walter L. Newton
I don’t know. I tore that page out of the article to bring it home, I didn’t steal the whole magazine. That wouldn’t be nice.
Only Muslims are nice.
/
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:06:04pm |
re: #153 reine.de.tout
I’m not understanding why this author seems to think it’s some sort of weird oddity that Christians would visit a church.
My guess is that for the author (and this is a guess, obviously), churches are a work of art you visit, not a place for living faith of real people.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:06:10pm |
re: #154 Walter L. Newton
Yes, they call the Jewish presence as “occupation.”
Are you ready for Apartheidapalooza?
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:06:15pm |
re: #144 Slumbering Behemoth
It’s all about going the distance.
I saw Cake a number of times when they were still a local club band…this is still one of my favorites of theirs:
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:06:21pm |
re: #151 Walter L. Newton
I don’t know. I tore that page out of the article to bring it home, I didn’t steal the whole magazine. That wouldn’t be nice.
Scruples are nice!
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:06:53pm |
re: #7 wlewisiii
Heh. I had someone try to tell me the other day that the Chicago Tribune was a “Liberal Rag worse than the New York Times” because it was from Chicago. Say what??
Pie. If it isn’t apple or cherry, it isn’t worth the trouble to make. And you better use lard in that pastry :D
William
The Trib’s reporting has always been pretty middle of the road. The editorials are fairly conservative, at least by Chicago standards.
re: #27 Dark_Falcon
Well, at least this article represents a sane look at an aspect of Obama’s life from a Republican-leaning publication. But then, the Tribune has never had a problem with Obama.
No, they don’t have a problem with Obama. But he was the first Democrat they even endorsed for president. Ever. But I’ll tell you what, if Obama was from Milwaukee or St. Louis, they would have endorsed McCain.
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:06:58pm |
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:07:30pm |
re: #153 reine.de.tout
I’m not understanding why this author seems to think it’s some sort of weird oddity that Christians would visit a church.
Well, the question would be “What are they doing on sacred land? Jerusalem belongs to the Arabs, who - as simply EVERYONE knows - are all muslims and always have been since the days of Eden.”
Or something like that. I come across folk from time to time who are genuinely shocked - my wife’s Baptist co-religionists are among them - to learn that there were Christians in the Levant when their ancestors were trying to get the hang of that whole crop-rotation and government of laws thing.
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lawhawk Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:07:56pm |
Warm apple pie… there’s nothing more American than that.
Except that I’d much prefer chocolate creme pie. Anything with chocolate is much better.
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:07:59pm |
re: #163 Decatur Deb
Kate Bush sings Pi
[Video]
I knew it was only a matter of time before someone blamed Bush.
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:08:20pm |
re: #161 Soap_Man
No, they don’t have a problem with Obama. But he was the first Democrat they
evenever endorsed for president. Ever. But I’ll tell you what, if Obama was from Milwaukee or St. Louis, they would have endorsed McCain.
PIMF
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:08:44pm |
Whoa!
Daughter just wandered in and announced LSU College of Agric is giving her a small scholarship award for next year.
She sort of mentions this in passing, as if it’s no big deal!
I’m damned proud of the kid.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:08:59pm |
re: #155 MandyManners
The “he” could easily be replaced with a “she”.
No, “he” couldn’t. Not easily. That’s an expensive and tricky surgery, nothing “easy” about it. Then there’s the hormone therapy to consider…
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:09:11pm |
re: #161 Soap_Man
No, they don’t have a problem with Obama. But he was the first Democrat they even endorsed for president. Ever. But I’ll tell you what, if Obama was from Milwaukee or St. Louis, they would have endorsed McCain.
That is true. And since Blago got busted, the Tribune has moved back in a Republican direction. They clearly want the Dems power reduced, believing that political competition will reduce corruption.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:09:32pm |
If I could find a bakery to supply me with a large pie-shaped lemon square sort of thing on a regular basis, I daresay I’d look like Mr. Creosote after he swallowed the Graf Zepplin. By gadfrey - that’s a transcendentally good pastry.
Keep your nasty meringues and such-like to yourselves.
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:09:51pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:10:00pm |
re: #96 darthstar
TMI, sir, TMI. Especially since true for too many of us but that’s the proverbial “different story”.
William
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:10:00pm |
re: #163 Decatur Deb
Kate Bush sings Pi
[Video]
I’ve never heard this before…I love it. So far, she’s up to 17 decimal places…
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:10:08pm |
re: #168 reine.de.tout
Whoa!
Daughter just wandered in and announced LSU College of Agric is giving her a small scholarship award for next year.She sort of mentions this in passing, as if it’s no big deal!
I’m damned proud of the kid.
Tell her congrats.
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lawhawk Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:10:47pm |
re: #153 reine.de.tout
Church groups descending on a church? In Jerusalem? Color me shocked. Shocked! That there’s praying going on in a church.
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:10:50pm |
This is a funny line from the article.
Anything that humanizes Obama is a plus politically, given that he is often portrayed as an abstemious, Spock-like character.
Funny cause it’s true.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:10:58pm |
re: #174 darthstar
I’ve never heard this before…I love it. So far, she’s up to 17 decimal places…
Lionel Barrymore, I think it was, used to give dramatic recitations of phone directories. Shows that talent - real talent - is its own quality; the matter is largely a matter of indifference.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:11:48pm |
I like pie… OMG I knew I was a communist…
Here is another of our most evil and vile agents in the world wide commie conspiracy.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:12:02pm |
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:12:08pm |
re: #170 Dark_Falcon
That is true. And since Blago got busted, the Tribune has moved back in a Republican direction. They clearly want the Dems power reduced, believing that political competition will reduce corruption.
Yeah, they have been hitting the Dems hard, especially in Cook. They have been running a “countdown to next election” ever since the sales tax increase. A not-so-subtle way to say “kick the bums out.”
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HappyWarrior Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:12:09pm |
Reading that got me hungry and I’ve been cutting back on the sweets but that blueberry cobbler with the caramel ice cream sounds good.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:12:48pm |
re: #174 darthstar
I’ve never heard this before…I love it. So far, she’s up to 17 decimal places…
Next: Courtney Love does the prime numbers.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:12:50pm |
re: #179 LudwigVanQuixote
I like pie… OMG I knew I was a communist…
Here is another of our most evil and vile agents in the world wide commie conspiracy.
[Video]
Those bastards! Rearing up Youth Cadres like that. A regular Young Pie-oneer, that one.
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prairiefire Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:13:45pm |
The love of huckleberrys definitely came from his Kansas grandma.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:13:52pm |
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:14:24pm |
re: #179 LudwigVanQuixote
Ludwig… professional opinion… the UK Institute of Physics… a respectable organization?
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:14:36pm |
re: #181 Soap_Man
Yeah, they have been hitting the Dems hard, especially in Cook. They have been running a “countdown to next election” ever since the sales tax increase. A not-so-subtle way to say “kick the bums out.”
Well, in the case of Todd Stroger it worked. The Dem primary voters pitched him out on his ear.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:15:32pm |
On the topic of pies and other wholesome and toothsome things:
Could we get some sort of control over the English and their abuse of the term “pie”? I’m thinking of steak and kidney pie in particular, but it’s just as outrageous to consider their “shepherd’s pie”.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:15:48pm |
re: #170 Dark_Falcon
That is true. And since Blago got busted, the Tribune has moved back in a Republican direction. They clearly want the Dems power reduced, believing that political competition will reduce corruption.
Down there in Chicago, that might even be true. Diversity actually really does help in that case… In Springfield or Madison? The only competition is how corrupt can you be and still get away with it? Feh.
William
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:16:37pm |
re: #184 Guanxi88
Those bastards! Rearing up Youth Cadres like that. A regular Young Pie-oneer, that one.
The way you cobblered that one together, I’d say you’re not very good at puns./
And the Dreaded Pun Thread begins.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:16:44pm |
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:17:33pm |
re: #192 Slumbering Behemoth
The way you cobblered that one together, I’d say you’re not very good at puns./
And the Dreaded Pun Thread begins.
I got nothing.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:17:33pm |
Posts about Pi remind me of that weird movie. I remember once seeing it on the shelf at Blockbuster (remember that place, before Netflix came around?) and a couple was looking at it. One of them said something like, “Is this some kind of Jewish movie?”
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freetoken Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:17:42pm |
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:18:18pm |
re: #185 Mad Al-Jaffee
Pie is good.
The best pie in the whole world is a place called Nations on 3rd street in Napa.
The best pie in the world
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:19:02pm |
Mountaintop Mercantile in Cloudcroft, NM - best damned pies I’ve ever had.
[Link: www.tripadvisor.com…]
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:19:21pm |
Does he like Cherry Pie?
(sorry, sorry about this post.) :)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:19:29pm |
Pie, for fans of Olivia Munn.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:19:30pm |
re: #173 wlewisiii
TMI, sir, TMI. Especially since true for too many of us but that’s the proverbial “different story”.
William
I was going to say “see the color of my socks” but hey, a little brutal honesty is sometimes a good thing.
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:19:41pm |
re: #189 Dark_Falcon
Well, in the case of Todd Stroger it worked. The Dem primary voters pitched him out on his ear.
Not just that, but he ended up in fourth place. Fourth! Out of four! You better believe I did a little dance when I heard that.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:20:02pm |
If I have one more pie a la mode,
I’m gonna need my own zip code…
Alfred Yankovic is one of America’s greatest geniuses.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:20:27pm |
re: #195 Mad Al-Jaffee
Posts about Pi remind me of that weird movie. I remember once seeing it on the shelf at Blockbuster (remember that place, before Netflix came around?) and a couple was looking at it. One of them said something like, “Is this some kind of Jewish movie?”
I saw Pi…I was hoping it would be better than it was.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:20:35pm |
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:20:51pm |
re: #204 darthstar
I saw Pi…I was hoping it would be better than it was.
Yeah, it was just - irrational; and it went on forever.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:21:01pm |
Blind Boy Fuller also liked his pie.
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:21:18pm |
re: #183 Decatur Deb
Next: Courtney Love does the prime numbers.
I have the box set, it ends with Amy Winehouse doing the Fibonocci sequence while Tom Lehrer can be heard softly weeping in the background.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:21:20pm |
re: #205 Decatur Deb
Que triste, paisan.
Damn! Bringing in the foreign languages!
And I still got nothing.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:21:59pm |
re: #204 darthstar
I saw Pi…I was hoping it would be better than it was.
Yeah, I wasn’t too impressed by it.
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lawhawk Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:22:22pm |
re: #197 HoosierHoops
Gotta disagree. I’d go with Grandma’s in Albany, NY or the Purple Pie Place in Custer SD. Exquisite pies but Purple Pie Place is seasonal (closed winters).
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:22:23pm |
This is oddly on topic: Unemployed pie baker turns Tea Party gangsta rapper….
O.T.P. ( One Term President ) by WOLVERINES!
I’m not kidding bout the pies. He got laid off from the bakery because of the bailout of the banks (listen to the lyrics)
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:23:03pm |
re: #208 goddamnedfrank
I have the box set, it ends with Amy Winehouse doing the Fibonocci sequence while Tom Lehrer can be heard softly weeping in the background.
I really like Amy…
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:23:12pm |
re: #208 goddamnedfrank
I have the box set, it ends with Amy Winehouse doing the Fibonocci sequence while Tom Lehrer can be heard softly weeping in the background.
If you play the CD’s backwards you will hear someone saying 4 8 15 16 23 42.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:23:22pm |
Whenever we seem to be getting in too deep, someone dishes out the gossip…
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keloyd Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:23:22pm |
Walter, Mandy, Alouette -
Here’s the Nat. Geo. article in question on Arab Christians
If it’s tourists, and too many of them at once, descending on a church, and acting like religious tourists, I’m ok with Nat Geo using Biblical literary license to describe it.
They don’t criticize Israel unreasonably, but the tone is critical - and thorough.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:23:44pm |
re: #212 Killgore Trout
This is oddly on topic: Unemployed pie baker turns Tea Party gangsta rapper…
O.T.P. ( One Term President ) by WOLVERINES!
[Video]I’m not kidding bout the pies. He got laid off from the bakery because of the bailout of the banks (listen to the lyrics)
Couldn’t rise any dough?
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:23:45pm |
re: #212 Killgore Trout
This is oddly on topic: Unemployed pie baker turns Tea Party gangsta rapper…
O.T.P. ( One Term President ) by WOLVERINES!
[Video]I’m not kidding bout the pies. He got laid off from the bakery because of the bailout of the banks (listen to the lyrics)
Shit music fail.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:23:45pm |
re: #197 HoosierHoops
The best pie in the whole world is a place called Nations on 3rd street in Napa.
The best pie in the world
I make the best pie in the world.
Or maybe not. My pecan pie and my lemon chiffon pie always come out a but runny. I’ve tried adding cornstarch and kosher “gelatin” to the filling but doesn’t help.
Reine, any suggestions?
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:24:02pm |
Frankly, that the WH pastry chef should be such an artist as to have his handwork become a topic of conversation nation-wide must come as a real compliment. Well, that, and the certain knowledge that the most-powerful man in the world loves your pies. That’s gotta count for something.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:24:14pm |
re: #202 Soap_Man
Not just that, but he ended up in fourth place. Fourth! Out of four! You better believe I did a little dance when I heard that.
Me too. Tax-raising asshole goes down in flames. Brings joy to my heart.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:24:22pm |
re: #211 lawhawk
Gotta disagree. I’d go with Grandma’s in Albany, NY or the Purple Pie Place in Custer SD. Exquisite pies but Purple Pie Place is seasonal (closed winters).
Hi Bro! I like Napa Valley pies!
Don’t make me come over there! *wink*
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:24:31pm |
re: #213 HoosierHoops
I really like Amy…
My daughter-in-law dressed up as Amy Winehouse for Purim, but without the tattoos and crack pipe (at least not in the pictures she posted on Facebook)
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:25:00pm |
re: #215 prairiefire
“it went on forever”…props…too funny.
Dada was a Ph.D. in mathematics who taught high school geometry. Such is life. Still, he managed to warp us kids, so it wasn’t all for nothing.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:25:01pm |
re: #220 Alouette
I make the best pie in the world.
Or maybe not. My pecan pie and my lemon chiffon pie always come out a but runny. I’ve tried adding cornstarch and kosher “gelatin” to the filling but doesn’t help.
Reine, any suggestions?
A BIT runny. Seriously PIMF.
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darthstar Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:25:10pm |
re: #223 HoosierHoops
Hi Bro! I like Napa Valley pies!
Don’t make me come over there! *wink*
Ikeda’s in Auburn on Interstate 80 has some good pies…and lots of ‘em.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:25:18pm |
When my brother lived in Denmark he used to make pecan pie for his wife’s family. My grandmother gave him her recipe and she used to send him pecans from her pecan trees in Oklahoma so he can make it. I don’t think they have pecans in Denmark.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:25:29pm |
re: #210 Mad Al-Jaffee
Yeah, I wasn’t too impressed by it.
Have you seen “Primer.” Interesting low budget movie (7,000.00 I think)… clever dialog… I wish they had a few more bucks to fully realize their concept because it falls apart a bit. But still worth watching. It’s a little like LOST, without the Island, and really only two major characters.
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Stanley Sea Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:25:29pm |
re: #221 Guanxi88
Frankly, that the WH pastry chef should be such an artist as to have his handwork become a topic of conversation nation-wide must come as a real compliment. Well, that, and the certain knowledge that the most-powerful man in the world loves your pies. That’s gotta count for something.
Don’t forget those Acorn cookies!
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:26:17pm |
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:26:18pm |
I can feel for Obama and his marginally high cholesterol. I just went to the doc two weeks ago. It went like this:
Doctor: You have high blood pressure.
Me: What? I’m 27. I run 15 miles a week.
Doctor: Yeah, and you also smoke, drink and—in your own words—live on a steady diet of bacon. I wouldn’t be surprised if you eat salt by the spoonful.
Me: What should I do?
Doctor: Stop doing all those things.
Me: Impossible.
Doctor: Fine. Just stop smoking then.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:26:36pm |
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:26:48pm |
re: #227 darthstar
Ikeda’s in Auburn on Interstate 80 has some good pies…and lots of ‘em.
I like Auburn.. Beautiful country.. I’d eat pie there anytime
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:27:00pm |
re: #230 Walter L. Newton
Have you seen “Primer.” Interesting low budget movie (7,000.00 I think)… clever dialog… I wish they had a few more bucks to fully realize their concept because it falls apart a bit. But still worth watching. It’s a little like LOST, without the Island, and really only two major characters.
I saw it, thought it was very weird and boring. Kind of like “Memento” which got the most fabulous reviews, but which I thought was freaking lame.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:27:28pm |
re: #230 Walter L. Newton
Have you seen “Primer.” Interesting low budget movie (7,000.00 I think)… clever dialog… I wish they had a few more bucks to fully realize their concept because it falls apart a bit. But still worth watching. It’s a little like LOST, without the Island, and really only two major characters.
I haven’t but I’ll check Netflix for it. Never watched Lost either.
I started watching the first season of Burn Notice this weekend. Great show! If I had know Bruce Campbell was in it, I would have started watching it when it first aired.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:27:35pm |
re: #194 Guanxi88
Sorry, guess I kinda wedged you into a corner with that one. Maybe we should just berry the puns.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:28:30pm |
re: #229 lawhawk
Dr. Strangelove was supposed to have a pie fight scene, but Kubrick cut it form the final edit.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:29:01pm |
Some Sugar Pie DeSanto for everyone:
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:29:10pm |
re: #239 Slumbering Behemoth
Sorry, guess I kinda wedged you into a corner with that one. Maybe we should just berry the puns.
Dammit! I’ve got some sorta block against puns or something - some sorta quirk of the neurological or mental apparatus that frustrates every attempt.
Some of these pun threads make me feel like a castrate at an orgy.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:29:20pm |
re: #237 Alouette
I saw it, thought it was very weird and boring. Kind of like “Memento” which got the most fabulous reviews, but which I thought was freaking lame.
I loved Memento… but I like David Lynch marathons too.
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wee fury Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:29:38pm |
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:29:55pm |
re: #238 Mad Al-Jaffee
I haven’t but I’ll check Netflix for it. Never watched Lost either.
I started watching the first season of Burn Notice this weekend. Great show! If I had know Bruce Campbell was in it, I would have started watching it when it first aired.
Wow, i caught him there by accident the first year and have been watching it since for the same reason.
Similarly, gave Family Guy a chance because Patrick Wharburton is my favorite voice-over actor of this generation. Of course, i then kept watching it because i thought it was hilarious for many reasons.
I think i laughed harder at “bee movie” than my kids because of Wharburton. He steals it.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:29:56pm |
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:30:01pm |
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:30:25pm |
re: #245 Walter L. Newton
I loved Memento… but I like David Lynch marathons too.
I enjoyed Memento quite a bit, even if my “Movie psychic” powers caused me to guess at the big surprise and all the rest of it.
“Fight Club” was good enough that I never made the connection.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:30:46pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:31:12pm |
re: #241 Mad Al-Jaffee
Dr. Strangelove was supposed to have a pie fight scene, but Kubrick cut it form the final edit.
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keloyd Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:31:28pm |
re: #250 wee fury
The way the writers used animals to show us what was going in in the minds of various people was brilliant.
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lawhawk Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:31:46pm |
re: #241 Mad Al-Jaffee
And Blazing Saddles and Dr. Strangelove both had Slim Pickens as a member of the cast. Coincidence? I think not.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:31:47pm |
Ron Paul may be crazy but I’ll give him credit for this one…..
Congressman Paul Returns Over $100,000 to Treasury
Congressman Ron Paul has continued to run his Congressional office in a frugal manner, and was able to return more than $100,000 from his allotted office budget to the Treasury this year, an increase over the $90,000 returned last year.
“Since my first year in Congress representing the 14th district I have managed my office in a frugal manner, instructing staff to provide the greatest possible service to the people of the 14th district at the least possible cost to taxpayers,” said Paul.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:31:49pm |
re: #248 Spare O’Lake
Hint: Agatha Christie
Remember my older avatar… that was me, Mr. Paravacini from Mousetrap.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:32:00pm |
re: #245 Walter L. Newton
I loved Memento… but I like David Lynch marathons too.
I’ve got good news. That gum you like is going to come back in style.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:32:07pm |
re: #249 Racer X
Your Mercedes clip shows an ad for Toyota on my screen.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:32:14pm |
re: #245 Walter L. Newton
I loved Memento… but I like David Lynch marathons too.
Have you seen Dumbland? It’s a very crude David Lynch cartoon. Imagine Beavis and Butthead grown up, but both characters combined into one nasty, obnoxious character.
Here’s an example:
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:32:23pm |
re: #252 Walter L. Newton
The Mousetrap.
Correctimundo.
Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery play.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:32:44pm |
re: #258 Guanxi88
I’ve got good news. That gum you like is going to come back in style.
BlackJack Gum
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Why I Never! Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:32:51pm |
re: #257 Walter L. Newton
Remember my older avatar… that was me, Mr. Paravacini from Mousetrap.
Cool. Love that play!
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:32:59pm |
re: #247 Aceofwhat?
Wow, i caught him there by accident the first year and have been watching it since for the same reason.
Similarly, gave Family Guy a chance because Patrick Wharburton is my favorite voice-over actor of this generation. Of course, i then kept watching it because i thought it was hilarious for many reasons.
I think i laughed harder at “bee movie” than my kids because of Wharburton. He steals it.
Which voice did he do in “Bee Movie”? Was he the florist’s boyfriend?
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:33:56pm |
re: #262 Walter L. Newton
BlackJack Gum
[Link: www.oldtimecandy.com…]
Better buy it by the case, my friend.
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Altermite Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:34:11pm |
re: #224 Alouette
My daughter-in-law dressed up as Amy Winehouse for Purim, but without the tattoos and crack pipe (at least not in the pictures she posted on Facebook)
I’d ask if she goes to a certain school in virginia, but I suspect there may have been a number of Amy Winehouse’s on college campuses this weekend.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:34:22pm |
re: #255 lawhawk
And Blazing Saddles and Dr. Strangelove both had Slim Pickens as a member of the cast. Coincidence? I think not.
Pickens was awesome. The first time he ever lest the US was to be in Strangelove, and he didn’t know he needed a passport when he went to England.
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lawhawk Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:34:26pm |
re: #256 Killgore Trout
At the opposite end of the spectrum, NYS democrats are spending like drunken sailors and we’ve got a governor who’s dead political career walking as the NYT reported that Gov. Paterson had two of his top aides talk to the accuser in his top adviser’s assault dispute to make it go away (or characterize the assault as a nonviolent encounter).
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:34:29pm |
re: #256 Killgore Trout
Ron Paul may be crazy but I’ll give him credit for this one…
Congressman Paul Returns Over $100,000 to Treasury
Imagine if all of the GOP decided to do the same. It’d be better PR than blocking unemployment benefits to those in need.
/ ah, that’s just crazy talk
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:34:38pm |
re: #266 Altermite
I’d ask if she goes to a certain school in virginia, but I suspect there may have been a number of Amy Winehouse’s on college campuses this weekend.
SOme were dressed for Purim, while others were just art students.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:35:09pm |
re: #266 Altermite
I’d ask if she goes to a certain school in virginia, but I suspect there may have been a number of Amy Winehouse’s on college campuses this weekend.
My daughter-in-law is Aussie.
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:35:11pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:35:26pm |
re: #58 Gus 802
Hmm, you might have something there. Maybe we can start the Pie Party and have Pie Party protests. Better check the word pie for sexual connotations.
It has them.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:35:48pm |
re: #272 MandyManners
David Suchet rocks.
He did Poirot “by the books” but I always liked Peter Ustinov’s portrayal.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:35:48pm |
re: #247 Aceofwhat?
I really like the mix of action, espionage and humor. I used to like Family Guy, but I got tired of it years ago. The manatees really need to try harder with their scripts.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:35:50pm |
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:35:56pm |
re: #268 lawhawk
Paterson has been a walking disaster from the beginning. I’m surprised he’s lasted this long.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:36:04pm |
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:36:13pm |
re: #259 Decatur Deb
Your Mercedes clip shows an ad for Toyota on my screen.
You need to upgrade to Firefox to see it.
/
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:36:14pm |
Huckleberry pie/Huckleberry hound, coincidence? I think not!
With caramel topping yet, not whip cream (white), or chocolate sauce (black), but caramel which is light brown and obviously mixed in color! Just proof that our president is a confused caramel colored racist!
/sigh…I need a shower now.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:37:04pm |
re: #279 Racer X
I’m on FF, the ad was just in the margin. Seems subversive.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:37:15pm |
OTYOT…
This is a Pie thread.
Adore me.
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:37:22pm |
re: #274 Alouette
He did Poirot “by the books” but I always liked Peter Ustinov’s portrayal.
Ustinov was too big and too loud.
Finney?
AAARRRGGGHHHaaarrrggghhh
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prairiefire Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:38:22pm |
re: #284 MandyManners
I like the Masterpiece Mystery Poirot best.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:38:46pm |
re: #260 Mad Al-Jaffee
Never saw that… Lynch is doing all the voices per IMDB. Very Lynch… which means very “why?” I have one of those six degrees things going with Lynch… I was friends with Jack Name… Henry from Eraserhead.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:39:18pm |
re: #281 prairiefire
He was great in The Tick and I love his Venture Brothers character.
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keloyd Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:39:24pm |
If you dig on audio books, David Suchet has done some Poirots. He’s particularly good at it because his “Poirot” voice sounds different from his normal British voice.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:39:28pm |
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:39:34pm |
re: #286 Walter L. Newton
Never saw that… Lynch is doing all the voices per IMDB. Very Lynch… which means very “why?” I have one of those six degrees things going with Lynch… I was friends with Jack Name… Henry from Eraserhead.
NANCE… geeeesssh Walter… spelling
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What, me worry? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:39:40pm |
My favorite pie song from the movie Michael, sung by Andie McDowell.
Me oh my, I love pie!
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:39:55pm |
re: #277 Killgore Trout
Paterson has been a walking disaster from the beginning. I’m surprised he’s lasted this long.
donks love thieves and cheats….it should hardly be a surprise…but then again, it’s all a silly game
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:40:53pm |
re: #286 Walter L. Newton
Never saw that… Lynch is doing all the voices per IMDB. Very Lynch… which means very “why?” I have one of those six degrees things going with Lynch… I was friends with Jack Name… Henry from Eraserhead.
I don’t know if this counts, but I had a job interview very like this once:
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:41:03pm |
re: #287 MandyManners
DAVID SUCHET IS POIROT.
Buncha’ fucking deniers are pedophile-enablers and want to see this entire species wiped out.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:41:46pm |
re: #295 MandyManners
Buncha’ fucking deniers are pedophile-enablers and want to see this entire species wiped out.
Where did that come from, Mandy?
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:41:55pm |
re: #293 albusteve
donks love thieves and cheats…it should hardly be a surprise…but then again, it’s all a silly game
A little for the poor, a little for me.
A little for the poor, a little for me.
A little for the poor, a little for me.
A little for the poor, a little for me….
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:42:19pm |
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prairiefire Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:43:03pm |
re: #265 Guanxi88
My grandma Beulah always had Clove gum.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:43:26pm |
re: #286 Walter L. Newton
I love some of Lynch’s movies. But some of them make my brain hurt.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:43:27pm |
re: #300 Mad Al-Jaffee
Bye bye, Miss American Pie…
Easily the most amazing example of an emotional and poetic response out of all possible proportion to the even that supposedly inspired it.
Give it a rest, already!
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:44:16pm |
re: #290 Spare O’Lake
Lard pie crust rules.
Sorry.
I like my lard fresh and still warm from the liposuction, makes rolling out your crust much easier than refrigerated lard, but it sure does mean a lot of extra time hanging around the hospital. But your absolutely right Crisco just doesn’t the same!
/
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:44:29pm |
re: #303 Guanxi88
Easily the most amazing example of an emotional and poetic response out of all possible proportion to the even that supposedly inspired it.
Give it a rest, already!
The song or the movie? :)
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:44:41pm |
OT: Big SCOTUS case starts tomorrow on Chicago’s handgun law, which I have mixed feelings about…
Daley defends Chicago handgun ban on eve of Supreme Court hearing
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:44:49pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:44:56pm |
re: #244 Guanxi88
Dammit! I’ve got some sorta block against puns or something - some sorta quirk of the neurological or mental apparatus that frustrates every attempt.
Some of these pun threads make me feel like a castrate at an orgy.
I’m not so great with puns either. Truth be told, I’ve been cheating by pecan at pun sites.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:45:19pm |
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What, me worry? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:45:29pm |
re: #303 Guanxi88
Easily the most amazing example of an emotional and poetic response out of all possible proportion to the even that supposedly inspired it.
Give it a rest, already!
You got something against JFK or Don McLean?
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:45:42pm |
re: #307 Decatur Deb
Wobbly pie:
[Video]
In the sweet by and by. Had a great grandmother who used to sing that song; long history of labor support.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:45:46pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:46:21pm |
re: #306 Soap_Man
OT: Big SCOTUS case starts tomorrow on Chicago’s handgun law, which I have mixed feelings about…
Daley defends Chicago handgun ban on eve of Supreme Court hearing
I think the ban unconstitutional, and hope it is overturned. I favor allowing people to have handguns in their homes, at least, with Concealed Carry for those who pass a background check.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:46:21pm |
re: #312 marjoriemoon
You got something against JFK or Don McLean?
Lincoln could and did immortalize and consecrate Gettysburg in less time than that song took.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:46:37pm |
re: #312 marjoriemoon
You got something against JFK or Don McLean?
the ‘day the music died’ refers to Buddy Holly
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Mich-again Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:47:11pm |
A good thread to dust off the script from the Seinfeld “Bubbleboy” episode. Ha.
Kramer: Well they got any golf courses up there?. George&Jerry: No,no,no,no. George: No,no that’s pie country. Jerry: Yeah. George: They do a lot of baking up there. Jerry: They sell E’m at the side of the road, Blue Berry,Black Berry. George: Blackberry,Boysenberry. Jerry: Boysenberry,Huckleberry. George: Huckleberry,Rasberry. Jerry: Rasberry,Strawberry. George: Strawberry,Cranberry. Jerry: Peach!.Bubble Boy: Hey Ma! what the hell do I gotta do to get some food around here, I’m starving, and if it’s peanut butter, I’m gonna shove it in your face!.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:47:30pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:47:57pm |
re: #318 albusteve
the ‘day the music died’ refers to Buddy Holly
And Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.
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What, me worry? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:47:58pm |
re: #317 Guanxi88
Lincoln could and did immortalize and consecrate Gettysburg in less time than that song took.
LOL My mother was a big fan. Had a number of albums.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:48:22pm |
re: #316 Dark_Falcon
DC’s law went down, I think this one will to. I put up a link on it earlier. Liberal support for removing the ban no less. Huh.
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What, me worry? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:48:26pm |
re: #318 albusteve
the ‘day the music died’ refers to Buddy Holly
You sure? Thought it was the end of Camelot.
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:48:55pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:49:17pm |
It’s great when a Senate Republican just says something in their own words, and you just step back and go WOW [Link: www.huffingtonpost.com…]
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keloyd Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:49:18pm |
re: #306 Soap_Man
OT: Big SCOTUS case starts tomorrow on Chicago’s handgun law, which I have mixed feelings about…
Daley defends Chicago handgun ban on eve of Supreme Court hearing
HA! That’s one thing W. got right. His SCOTUS guys will protect the 2nd Amendment with the same vigor as the 1st. Any idea where the ACLU is on this? They’re all about freedom, right?
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Mich-again Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:49:23pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:49:31pm |
re: #124 Firstinla
Now that we have the Coffee Party the Great American Pie Party is obviously the next step to being a great democracy.
I will join the Great American Pie Party. I don’t even care what they’re for.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:49:51pm |
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What, me worry? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:49:52pm |
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MandyManners Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:49:58pm |
re: #297 Dark_Falcon
Where did that come from, Mandy?
To be precise, LVQ went on a rampage in which
Whatever.
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:50:03pm |
re: #323 marjoriemoon
LOL My mother was a big fan. Had a number of albums.
Ezra Pound had an essay on Enlgish poetry and he was discussing in it exercises composed around the funereal obsequies of someone or other whom history forgot only shortly after his own damned relatives did, and he noted the absolute mind-bending lack of proportion in the things as what made them bad poetry, even if they were exercises in technical perfection.
That song’s a good example of that very thing.
“No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan’s spell”
and etc.
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What, me worry? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:50:38pm |
re: #332 Mad Al-Jaffee
Here’s a better version (the video footage, that is)
[Video]
Dang, I was hoping it was McLean!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:50:54pm |
re: #334 MandyManners
To be precise, LVQ went on a rampage in which
Whatever.
I know he did. Bygones.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:51:31pm |
I’m going to bed. Sorry, knuckleheads, but I’m tired.
A pie thread.
This one was mine, and I basically missed it.
But, it was mine.
I’ll remember this forever.
(or until the next one)
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:51:35pm |
re: #316 Dark_Falcon
Now that I read the link-That Mayor seems to think the constitution a mere trife to be regulated around. Screw him.
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:51:37pm |
re: #316 Dark_Falcon
I think the ban unconstitutional, and hope it is overturned. I favor allowing people to have handguns in their homes, at least, with Concealed Carry for those who pass a background check.
I’m inclined to agree, although I do think that it should be okay to ban a specific type of firearm if you have a very good reason. But I think that should only apply to the really, really high-powered stuff.
Daley keeps saying that we need to get guns off the streets. I agree. But I have a hard time believing that the gun crime rate would be any different if the ban never started.
After all, no gangbanger says “I’m gonna kill that motherfucker. Oh shit, I can’t legally buy a handgun! Oh well, looks like I can’t kill the guy.”
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:51:44pm |
re: #302 Mad Al-Jaffee
I love some of Lynch’s movies. But some of them make my brain hurt.
Sorry… I went away for a moment… seems like a lot of his early shorts are now available on DVD, and I found some clips on Youtube, The Grandmother, Amputee, Six Men Throwing Up (6 times) etc.
His early animated/live action stuff was “disturbing.” I won’t link to it, but you can find it.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:51:49pm |
re: #336 marjoriemoon
Dang, I was hoping it was McLean!
No, it’s Sophia Loren!!!!! What can be better than her?!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:53:31pm |
Here’s another classic Deano video (no pie though.)
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Guanxi88 Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:54:01pm |
Eh- heading home, or rather:
Heading back to what will shortly be our old home, we having sold the thing at asking price and getting ready to move into another place for 1/3 the cost.
Woohoo! IN YOUR FACE, RECESSION! IN YOUR FACE!
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:55:03pm |
re: #340 Soap_Man
I’m inclined to agree, although I do think that it should be okay to ban a specific type of firearm if you have a very good reason. But I think that should only apply to the really, really high-powered stuff.
Daley keeps saying that we need to get guns off the streets. I agree. But I have a hard time believing that the gun crime rate would be any different if the ban never started.
After all, no gangbanger says “I’m gonna kill that motherfucker. Oh shit, I can’t legally buy a handgun! Oh well, looks like I can’t kill the guy.”
we need more guns on the streets, more C/C….Daley is a lunatic, he represents about 90% of all that’s wrong with America
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:55:13pm |
Went fishing today for the first time in about 2 years. It was great to get out. I also got some really good pointers from a fellow fly fisherman today. Fly presentation is far more important than the cast. I really suspect he’s right.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:55:26pm |
re: #340 Soap_Man
I’m inclined to agree, although I do think that it should be okay to ban a specific type of firearm if you have a very good reason. But I think that should only apply to the really, really high-powered stuff.
Daley keeps saying that we need to get guns off the streets. I agree. But I have a hard time believing that the gun crime rate would be any different if the ban never started.
After all, no gangbanger says “I’m gonna kill that motherfucker. Oh shit, I can’t legally buy a handgun! Oh well, looks like I can’t kill the guy.”
Please elaborate on the bolded part.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:55:41pm |
re: #346 Guanxi88
Eh- heading home, or rather:
Heading back to what will shortly be our old home, we having sold the thing at asking price and getting ready to move into another place for 1/3 the cost.
Woohoo! IN YOUR FACE, RECESSION! IN YOUR FACE!
Congratulations!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:56:36pm |
My brother filmed our gig this weekend (opening for The Holmes Brothers!) with three different video cameras. I saw some of the footage and it looks and sounds pretty good. We’ll probably get something on YouTube from it soon.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:56:45pm |
re: #306 Soap_Man
OT: Big SCOTUS case starts tomorrow on Chicago’s handgun law, which I have mixed feelings about…
Daley defends Chicago handgun ban on eve of Supreme Court hearing
Big important 2nd amendment case. I will go to bed tonight praying that Daley is slapped so hard he never stops spinning while in this world.
Yeah, I’m a Dem and I hate that scuz sucking dizz buster.
William
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Mich-again Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:57:00pm |
re: #347 albusteve
we need more guns on the streets, more C/C…Daley is a lunatic, he represents about 90% of all that’s wrong with America
Who represents the other 10%?
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:57:23pm |
re: #234 Soap_Man
I can feel for Obama and his marginally high cholesterol. I just went to the doc two weeks ago. It went like this:
Doctor: You have high blood pressure.
Me: What? I’m 27. I run 15 miles a week.
Doctor: Yeah, and you also smoke, drink and—in your own words—live on a steady diet of bacon. I wouldn’t be surprised if you eat salt by the spoonful.
Me: What should I do?
Doctor: Stop doing all those things.
Me: Impossible.
Doctor: Fine. Just stop smoking then.
I infuriate doctors. I can see in their eyes how much they want me to have bad cholesterol, or high blood pressure, or incipient diabetes, or something, so they can browbeat me into losing twenty pounds.
Instead “Your blood pressure is very low. Is it always like this?”
“Yup. Should I worry?”
“Well, it’s normal. Low normal.”
“I could eat more sodium.”
“Uh…don’t do that!”
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:58:06pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:58:08pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:58:53pm |
re: #348 Killgore Trout
Good for you! I haven’t been fishing since last summer. I am less than a novice, but I love it. Bowling is another thing that I am awful at, but really dig.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:59:14pm |
re: #348 Killgore Trout
Went fishing today for the first time in about 2 years. It was great to get out. I also got some really good pointers from a fellow fly fisherman today. Fly presentation is far more important than the cast. I really suspect he’s right.
Hope you enjoyed it!
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:59:36pm |
Pecan Pie > *
After being beaten to death by about 20 “How Man are Stupid and Women Infallible” joke emails from my wife I finally have some ammunition due to a work buddy:
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:59:55pm |
re: #316 Dark_Falcon
I think the ban unconstitutional, and hope it is overturned. I favor allowing people to have handguns in their homes, at least, with Concealed Carry for those who pass a background check.
I think that we need Vermont carry nation wide.
Yes, seriously. That won’t happen with this case, but it’s another step towards sanity.
William
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 7:59:55pm |
re: #349 Dark_Falcon
Please elaborate on the bolded part.
I’m not to well versed on the subject, but I once heard the argument that any hand-held weapon available to the military should be legal for the public. I don’t want the public to be able to own grenade launchers. Or even regular grenades.
I know that is an over-the-top example. A more realistic example would be armor-piercing rounds. The only reason anyone could ever want those is to kill cops.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:00:57pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:01:41pm |
re: #361 Locker
I would so like to see you go through labor without any anesthesia.
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:01:50pm |
re: #354 SanFranciscoZionist
LOL
Doctors don’t want you to be sick Sister..
I weigh 5 lbs from College playing weight…And that pisses me off..
Work it Sister! *wink*
Be well
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:01:57pm |
re: #348 Killgore Trout
Went fishing today for the first time in about 2 years. It was great to get out. I also got some really good pointers from a fellow fly fisherman today. Fly presentation is far more important than the cast. I really suspect he’s right.
I enjoy fishing, tho it’s just drop a line in the lake sort of fishing.
I’m absolutely no good at it whatsoever.
One time my family felt sorry for me because everyone was catching something except me, so when I made a run up to the cabin, they took my line and put a fish on it. When I got back everyone was so excited - look - you caught something! Pull it in! When I pulled the line in - the fish they had put onto my line had gotten away. Now, that’s some really bad luck!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:02:05pm |
re: #363 Soap_Man
I’m not to well versed on the subject, but I once heard the argument that any hand-held weapon available to the military should be legal for the public. I don’t want the public to be able to own grenade launchers. Or even regular grenades.
I know that is an over-the-top example. A more realistic example would be armor-piercing rounds. The only reason anyone could ever want those is to kill cops.
Not a bad view. Don’t worry about grenade launchers though. Those are federally regulated as destructive devices, and even I think it should be OK for a state to prohibit them, though some states do not.
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:02:27pm |
re: #366 EmmmieG
I would so like to see you go through labor without any anesthesia.
I’d like to see you take a bullet in combat. Yea sounds about as nice… right?
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:02:53pm |
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:03:10pm |
re: #352 wlewisiii
I am a combat pistol martial artist. So is my wife. Not just for fun, but because that is the appropriate last resort defense for any innocent, anj woman who want to keep her body intact. Any parent with a child worth keeping despite a kidnapper pedophile. With this of course comes epic responsibilities. Well worth it. Not for everyone of course. Just for the sensible who so choose or need.
I have a question for gun control advocates. What “last resort” would you allow your self or your neighbor or your mother… against rape or attack?
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:03:15pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:03:46pm |
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The Shadow Do Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:04:36pm |
re: #348 Killgore Trout
Went fishing today for the first time in about 2 years. It was great to get out. I also got some really good pointers from a fellow fly fisherman today. Fly presentation is far more important than the cast. I really suspect he’s right.
Excellent. And your friend is right. I am a pretty lousy caster all in all, but have learned where and how. Most fish I have caught have been within 25’. And I have caught a lot of trout.
/No offense intended Mr. Trout
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:06:28pm |
re: #363 Soap_Man
Good reply. One thing about AP rounds-bad guys wear armor too. See the infamous North Hollywood robbery. Now I think AP is a bad idea because we are responsible for every bullet and every inch of its flight. My choice for the home is frangible ammunition. Keeps anyone further away safe.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:06:44pm |
re: #371 Locker
I’d like to see you take a bullet in combat. Yea sounds about as nice… right?
Not right. What a total ass you are for making that kind of comparison.
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:07:07pm |
re: #373 Rightwingconspirator
I am a combat pistol martial artist. So is my wife. Not just for fun, but because that is the appropriate last resort defense for any innocent, anj woman who want to keep her body intact. Any parent with a child worth keeping despite a kidnapper pedophile. With this of course comes epic responsibilities. Well worth it. Not for everyone of course. Just for the sensible who so choose or need.
I have a question for gun control advocates. What “last resort” would you allow your self or your neighbor or your mother… against rape or attack?
What are the odds that someone you know and love will be killed by your guns vs you being attacked, in your home, at the precise time and circumstance that a gun would actually help. Looking up the stat might depress you and it’s way over 25 to 1. Yea yea, I know… not in my home, office, trailer. I’m a trained police officer, military member, hunter, etc.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:07:43pm |
re: #357 SanFranciscoZionist
Very good.
Walter got it back aways.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:07:50pm |
re: #220 Alouette
I make the best pie in the world.
Or maybe not. My pecan pie and my lemon chiffon pie always come out a but runny. I’ve tried adding cornstarch and kosher “gelatin” to the filling but doesn’t help.
Reine, any suggestions?
Not right now. I’ll find out and let you know.
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webevintage Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:08:11pm |
The tags on this post made me giggle.
Hey y’all.
You can’t make this shit up:
‘Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Republican whip, argued that unemployment benefits dissuade people from job-hunting “because people are being paid even though they’re not working.”
Unemployment insurance “doesn’t create new jobs. In fact, if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work,” Kyl said during debate over whether unemployment insurance and other benefits that expired amid GOP objections Sunday should be extended.
“I’m sure most of them would like work and probably have tried to seek it, but you can’t argue that it’s a job enhancer. If anything, as I said, it’s a disincentive. And the same thing with the COBRA extension and the other extensions here,” said Kyl.”
Is Kyl a super sekrit Democratic operative?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:08:11pm |
I am watching perfect symmetrical tiny dogs on the televised national dog show. Commentator literally said “This dog hopes to add another win…”
it’s a DOG! It doesn’t hope shit! It hopes it scores a snausage out of this thing and gets to chew on its rawhide
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:08:24pm |
re: #378 Rightwingconspirator
Good reply. One thing about AP rounds-bad guys wear armor too. See the infamous North Hollywood robbery. Now I think AP is a bad idea because we are responsible for every bullet and every inch of its flight. My choice for the home is frangible ammunition. Keeps anyone further away safe.
home D
12ga 00-0000 buck….call Molly Maid
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:08:47pm |
re: #379 Alouette
Not right. What a total ass you are for making that kind of comparison.
What’s wrong with the comparison? I made a joke, she wished “female” harm on me so I returned the favor to demonstrate a point. Seems like a completely reasonable comparison to me or are you claiming that labor is even worse then getting shot?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:09:19pm |
re: #373 Rightwingconspirator
I am a combat pistol martial artist. So is my wife. Not just for fun, but because that is the appropriate last resort defense for any innocent, anj woman who want to keep her body intact. Any parent with a child worth keeping despite a kidnapper pedophile. With this of course comes epic responsibilities. Well worth it. Not for everyone of course. Just for the sensible who so choose or need.
Favorited for that phrase
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:09:26pm |
re: #384 WindUpBird
I am watching perfect symmetrical tiny dogs on the televised national dog show. Commentator literally said “This dog hopes to add another win…”
it’s a DOG! It doesn’t hope shit! It hopes it scores a snausage out of this thing and gets to chew on its rawhide
Is Triumph the Insult Comic Dog there?
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:09:31pm |
re: #380 Locker
What are the odds that someone you know and love will be killed by your guns vs you being attacked, in your home, at the precise time and circumstance that a gun would actually help. Looking up the stat might depress you and it’s way over 25 to 1. Yea yea, I know… not in my home, office, trailer. I’m a trained police officer, military member, hunter, etc.
so what’s the point?….are you promoting training and practice?
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:09:39pm |
re: #371 Locker
I’d like to see you take a bullet in combat. Yea sounds about as nice… right?
Creep.
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webevintage Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:10:10pm |
My son once said:
“Pie makes everything better.”
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:10:21pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:10:28pm |
re: #380 Locker
What are the odds that someone you know and love will be killed by your guns vs you being attacked, in your home, at the precise time and circumstance that a gun would actually help. Looking up the stat might depress you and it’s way over 25 to 1. Yea yea, I know… not in my home, office, trailer. I’m a trained police officer, military member, hunter, etc.
You know how they get those stats? The Progs cook the books. They add in illegal guns owned by criminals. They add in cases where a thug shoots his girlfriend. Honest, responsible, law-abiding gun owners have few accidents.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:10:30pm |
re: #386 Locker
What’s wrong with the comparison? I made a joke, she wished “female” harm on me so I returned the favor to demonstrate a point. Seems like a completely reasonable comparison to me or are you claiming that labor is even worse then getting shot?
I am claiming that you are an ass for even thinking that labor and gunshot wound are equivalent.
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The Sanity Inspector Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:10:39pm |
re: #348 Killgore Trout
Went fishing today for the first time in about 2 years. It was great to get out. I also got some really good pointers from a fellow fly fisherman today. Fly presentation is far more important than the cast. I really suspect he’s right.
Rule #10: Don’t be nekkid next to any fishing lures.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:10:47pm |
re: #386 Locker
What’s wrong with the comparison? I made a joke, she wished “female” harm on me so I returned the favor to demonstrate a point. Seems like a completely reasonable comparison to me or are you claiming that labor is even worse then getting shot?
I’m sorry your wife tells jokes you don’t like, but that video pretty much stated that women are inferior to men.
Childbirth isn’t harm. It’s what we endure for our children. Happily, in my case.
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:11:10pm |
re: #390 albusteve
so what’s the point?…are you promoting training and practice?
I’m promoting the consideration of the idea that the “self defense” benefits of keeping a gun in your home are far outweighed by the potential for harm to loved ones.
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laZardo Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:11:33pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:11:33pm |
re: #386 Locker
What’s wrong with the comparison? I made a joke, she wished “female” harm on me so I returned the favor to demonstrate a point. Seems like a completely reasonable comparison to me or are you claiming that labor is even worse then getting shot?
This entire thread is getting VERY STRANGE
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:11:39pm |
re: #395 Alouette
I am claiming that you are an ass for even thinking that labor and gunshot wound are equivalent.
You still haven’t said why. Or is there no reason and you are just being pissy cause my video rocked?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:11:51pm |
re: #358 Slumbering Behemoth
Good for you! I haven’t been fishing since last summer. I am less than a novice, but I love it. Bowling is another thing that I am awful at, but really dig.
Hang in there. I suck at fishing too and I’m always a little embarrassed when I flub a cast in front of other people who look like they know what they’re doing but many people are very helpful and don;t mind giving you a few tips. Some assholes want to keep secrets but most people will help you out. Especially on a slow day when nothing is biting. The guy today gave me a 30 minute lesson on fly presentation that probably would have cost me a couple hundred bucks if I went to a professional guide. Very helpful.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:12:09pm |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:12:21pm |
re: #402 Locker
You still haven’t said why. Or is there no reason and you are just being pissy cause my video rocked?
What makes you think that I even looked at your lame video?
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keloyd Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:12:31pm |
Oh damn, I just remembered I have an opinion about pie. I watch a few BBC shows, and they’re always going on about their meat pies. The insides of a pork pie looks kind of like spam, if it was much much better. I’ve looked high and low for one over here (Dallas area). Even the gourmet places got nothin.
It’s cold and damp and I want a pork pie with spice mustard, dagnamit!
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:12:42pm |
re: #378 Rightwingconspirator
Good reply. One thing about AP rounds-bad guys wear armor too. See the infamous North Hollywood robbery. Now I think AP is a bad idea because we are responsible for every bullet and every inch of its flight. My choice for the home is frangible ammunition. Keeps anyone further away safe.
Never heard of those. Pretty cool. But the real question is: Can it shoot through a couch?
(This is a bit of an inside joke. I always laugh when I see a movie and the good guy, while under a flurry of bullets, dives for cover behind something like a couch. Dude, the bad guy has an assault rifle. I don’t know where you buy your couches, but I don’t think the cushions are going to stop anything.)
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:12:45pm |
re: #368 reine.de.tout
I enjoy fishing, tho it’s just drop a line in the lake sort of fishing.
I’m absolutely no good at it whatsoever.
One time my family felt sorry for me because everyone was catching something except me, so when I made a run up to the cabin, they took my line and put a fish on it. When I got back everyone was so excited - look - you caught something! Pull it in! When I pulled the line in - the fish they had put onto my line had gotten away. Now, that’s some really bad luck!
Awww.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:13:12pm |
re: #348 Killgore Trout
I’m looking forward to the spring for several reasons (warmer weather, more gigs, etc.) One thing I’m looking forward to is my brother getting his boat back to the marina and fishing with him on Sundays. I didn’t catch much last year, but it’s great to be on the Bay with a cigar and some beers.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:13:18pm |
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:13:39pm |
Is this finally a thread where I can sing the praises of Pushing Daisies without going off topic? It’s all about a pie maker and his restaurant is the Pie Hole. The series is a work of art. Funny and offbeat. Rent it by the season through Netflix or watch it on Hulu. Pushing Daisies. You won’t be sorry.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:13:58pm |
re: #389 Mad Al-Jaffee
Is Triumph the Insult Comic Dog there?
God I wish :D :D
All I do when i watch this thing is make Best in Show jokes with my partner. “And to think in some countries, they eat these animals…”
also, I love the mumbojumbo purebreed names. This is our Chinese Crested, “Wisconsin Goebbels Burrito Skateboard President Fido”
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Altermite Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:13:58pm |
I say wishing harm on anyone is wrong, be it taking a bullet or random acts of childbirth.
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:14:19pm |
re: #397 EmmmieG
I’m sorry your wife tells jokes you don’t like, but that video pretty much stated that women are inferior to men.
Childbirth isn’t harm. It’s what we endure for our children. Happily, in my case.
Ok so you are sorry my wife tells jokes I don’t like but it’s ok for you to bitch about me telling jokes that you don’t like?
And for the record you didn’t say childbirth you said “go through labor without any anesthesia.” So if I said “Go through prostate surgery with no anesthesia” it would be ok?
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The Sanity Inspector Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:14:42pm |
re: #383 webevintage
The tags on this post made me giggle.
Hey y’all.
You can’t make this shit up:
‘Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Republican whip, argued that unemployment benefits dissuade people from job-hunting “because people are being paid even though they’re not working.”Unemployment insurance “doesn’t create new jobs. In fact, if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work,” Kyl said during debate over whether unemployment insurance and other benefits that expired amid GOP objections Sunday should be extended.
“I’m sure most of them would like work and probably have tried to seek it, but you can’t argue that it’s a job enhancer. If anything, as I said, it’s a disincentive. And the same thing with the COBRA extension and the other extensions here,” said Kyl.”
Is Kyl a super sekrit Democratic operative?
It’s probably insensitive for him to say so, but how is he wrong?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:14:50pm |
re: #376 The Shadow Do
Yeah, I think that’s been my problem. I was so hung up on how to cast and really launching the line as far as possible. This guy was showing me how it’s better to drop the line in a few feet away and float it correctly. I actually have hope of catching some fish this year.
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:14:52pm |
re: #406 Alouette
What makes you think that I even looked at your lame video?
Ok so you have no real reason for your complaint. All good.
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Qabal Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:15:15pm |
OT: Bwahahahahahaha!
[Link: www.wnd.com…]
Can’t wait to head over to my parents to read this one. Maybe I should have linked this in the ACORN thread. It’s almost like they’re preparing people for losing…
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albusteve Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:15:41pm |
re: #399 Locker
I’m promoting the consideration of the idea that the “self defense” benefits of keeping a gun in your home are far outweighed by the potential for harm to loved ones.
means little to many gun owners…but then maybe you can support the consideration?
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:15:43pm |
re: #413 WindUpBird
I think they should have dog shows where only mutts can enter. I’m the proud owner of a mutt and I’ve never had a pure bred dog. My family had a pure bred beagle when I was very young, but I’ve only owned mutts.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:16:27pm |
re: #380 Locker
Okay, every choice carries certain risks. The odds as you call them vary by study. Gun accidents happen. For all these things training and discipline keep you safe. Cars, guns, boats, power tools all carry risks. By the safety odds, I should buy rather than build furniture.
As I see it the trick is this-take a hard look at what you want your last resort self defense to be. Whatever you choose from a shotgun to actually relying exclusively on police, equip yourself as best you can. Good locks and some extra phone extensions would make sense for the pacifist. Choosing a gated community would be a great idea. When I give classes I push 3 things above all else-awareness, intelligence and training. Those are the things that will save you in a fire or a robbery.
Those that choose to fight just made a different choice about how far they would go for themselves or loved ones.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:16:32pm |
re: #419 Qabal
OT: Bwahahahahahaha!
[Link: www.wnd.com…]
Can’t wait to head over to my parents to read this one. Maybe I should have linked this in the ACORN thread. It’s almost like they’re preparing people for losing…
Ugh, 2012 is going to be a tough year.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:16:40pm |
re: #373 Rightwingconspirator
I’m not 100% sure where you are coming from this evening, sir. Let’s simply say that I try to keep a 4” Model 64 close to hand loaded with the classic “FBI” (158 gr LSWCHP +P) load. 2 Speedloaders too. I did 16 years in Uncle’s army green so I have a little bit of an idea of what I am doing - both good and bad. Even as a democrat, I want to see the current mayor of Chicago loose this fight because overall that is the best thing for all Americans.
Does that answer some of your questions?
William
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Marching_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:17:29pm |
I really don’t have much to say. Grew up as a victim of the 70s divorce spree, Mom struggled, Dad was a successful lawyer. He sent me to GW to become a lawyer just like him. Dropped out, stumbled, but now I’m going back to finish my law degree. Pretty boring so far.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:17:39pm |
re: #418 Locker
Ok so you have no real reason for your complaint. All good.
You compared childbirth to getting shot. Nothing to do with any video.
Let me try to explain what childbirth is like to a man. It’s like pooping a watermelon.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:17:40pm |
re: #419 Qabal
OT: Bwahahahahahaha!
[Link: www.wnd.com…]
Can’t wait to head over to my parents to read this one. Maybe I should have linked this in the ACORN thread. It’s almost like they’re preparing people for losing…
It’s an unintentional scream, that’s true. But try to link to a Google cache, so Weird Nut Dummy doesn’t get any traffic.
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laZardo Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:17:59pm |
re: #399 Locker
I’m promoting the consideration of the idea that the “self defense” benefits of keeping a gun in your home are far outweighed by the potential for harm to loved ones.
Considering the fact that it’d be quite easy to find the suspect (direct or negligent) should anything go wrong in that scenario, even perhaps in the rare instance that a burglar knows where to find the gun and can access it before the owner awakes, I wouldn’t think that’d happen very often.
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keloyd Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:18:04pm |
This thread need less gun control talk and more telling K. E. Loyd where I can find a British style meat pie.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:19:00pm |
re: #430 keloyd
This thread need less gun control talk and more telling K. E. Loyd where I can find a British style meat pie.
I had a fish pie recipe upthread.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:19:06pm |
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:19:27pm |
re: #419 Qabal
OT: Bwahahahahahaha!
[Link: www.wnd.com…]
Can’t wait to head over to my parents to read this one. Maybe I should have linked this in the ACORN thread. It’s almost like they’re preparing people for losing…
From the link:
Highlights of “STEALING THE NEXT ELECTION”:* “The next big gambit” by Joseph Farah
* “Democrats plan to steal the vote” by Chelsea Schilling, who warns, If you thought Obamacare was scary, check out universal registration
* “Why Obama wants control of the census” by John Fund, on White House hopes to find “missing” Democratic voters in the 2010 count
* “Soros group preparing to steal 2012 election” by Matthew Vadum, who shows Stalin was right in saying, “The people who count the votes decide everything”
* “How to lock Democrats in power” by James Simpson, who exposes strategies the party is using to engineer a new electorate
* “Voters think ACORN steals elections” – one quarter of Americans believe the disgraced group tied to Obama affected the outcome of the 2008 election
* “Obama adviser: Amnesty will ensure ‘progressive’ rule” by Aaron Klein. Boasts the SEIU executive, “Can you imagine 8 million new voters who care about our issues?”
* “The New Black Panthers and the White House” by Hans A. von Spakovsky, who asks, What did the president’s men know and when did they know it?
* “Is Obama’s $789 billion buying votes instead of jobs?” by Drew Zahn, on studies showing “stimulus” funds were spent on Democrats, not unemployment
That’s some crazy stuff. They even managed to get something scary in about the census. WorldNetNutty.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:19:46pm |
re: #430 keloyd
This thread need less gun control talk and more telling K. E. Loyd where I can find a British style meat pie.
Lisa! Hello. How are you doing in England? Remember, an elevator is called a “lift”, a mile is called a “kilometer”, and botulism is called “steak and kidney pie.”
-Marj Simpson
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:19:50pm |
re: #423 Rightwingconspirator
Okay, every choice carries certain risks. The odds as you call them vary by study. Gun accidents happen. For all these things training and discipline keep you safe. Cars, guns, boats, power tools all carry risks. By the safety odds, I should buy rather than build furniture.
As I see it the trick is this-take a hard look at what you want your last resort self defense to be. Whatever you choose from a shotgun to actually relying exclusively on police, equip yourself as best you can. Good locks and some extra phone extensions would make sense for the pacifist. Choosing a gated community would be a great idea. When I give classes I push 3 things above all else-awareness, intelligence and training. Those are the things that will save you in a fire or a robbery.
Those that choose to fight just made a different choice about how far they would go for themselves or loved ones.
Actually I was on the pistol team in the army, thoroughly enjoy combat hand gunning courses and prefer a shotgun for home defense. That being said, shit happens. A daughter’s friend committed suicide with a family gun, there are accidents, guns are stolen, taken from those using them, etc, etc.
I can’t rightly consider the issue unless I deal with as many perspectives as possible.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:20:03pm |
re: #416 The Sanity Inspector
It’s probably insensitive for him to say so, but how is he wrong?
Because he’s wrong. He has no evidence that unemployment benefits (keep in mind unemployment benefits are not remotely equal to your salary) DISSUADE job-searching. It’s just more silliness from Kyl, and reminds me why I can’t vote Republican, hah. It’s just like the stupid republican talking point bullshit about how tax brackets make people want to earn less, because they don’t understand how the tax brackets work.
In other news, the fact that we don’t throw nets over the unemployed after their 2nd month of unemployment and cage them like stray animals is dissuading job-searching…
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:20:13pm |
re: #416 The Sanity Inspector
It’s probably insensitive for him to say so, but how is he wrong?
Because unemployment doesn’t pay as much as employment. There’s your incentive to keep looking for work. That, and boredom. I was unemployed for only two months a few years back and it damn near drove me crazy.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:20:29pm |
re: #394 Dark_Falcon
So true. 17 year old gang bangers are gun accidents.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:20:35pm |
re: #421 Mad Al-Jaffee
I think they should have dog shows where only mutts can enter. I’m the proud owner of a mutt and I’ve never had a pure bred dog. My family had a pure bred beagle when I was very young, but I’ve only owned mutts.
It should be a whole bunch of cool intelligence tests! Then again, it would just be dominated by Border Collie ringers…
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:21:13pm |
re: #415 Locker
Ok so you are sorry my wife tells jokes I don’t like but it’s ok for you to bitch about me telling jokes that you don’t like?
And for the record you didn’t say childbirth you said “go through labor without any anesthesia.” So if I said “Go through prostate surgery with no anesthesia” it would be ok?
She wished you pain. You wished her to get shot, fuckwad. Shot.
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:21:36pm |
re: #427 Alouette
So you are claiming that child birth is worse than getting shot in combat. We’ll just have to agree to disagree on that one.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:22:01pm |
re: #438 Soap_Man
Minimum wage beats unemployment, and unemployment- as an asshole senator reminded us today runs out.
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Marching_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:22:34pm |
re: #443 Rightwingconspirator
Minimum wage beats unemployment, and unemployment- as an asshole senator reminded us today runs out.
Huffington Post reader?
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The Shadow Do Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:22:43pm |
re: #417 Killgore Trout
Yeah, I think that’s been my problem. I was so hung up on how to cast and really launching the line as far as possible. This guy was showing me how it’s better to drop the line in a few feet away and float it correctly. I actually have hope of catching some fish this year.
So it shall be written and so it shall be done.
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Locker Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:22:53pm |
re: #441 Spare O’Lake
She wished you pain. You wished her to get shot, fuckwad. Shot.
Seeing you this pissed off brings me so much joy you could not rightly imagine. Thank you once again.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:23:38pm |
re: #438 Soap_Man
Because unemployment doesn’t pay as much as employment. There’s your incentive to keep looking for work. That, and boredom. I was unemployed for only two months a few years back and it damn near drove me crazy.
Self employed! (partially)
and yeah, when I don’t have anything to do for longer than two days I go bonkers.
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:23:58pm |
re: #373 Rightwingconspirator
I am a combat pistol martial artist.
I gotta admit, that sounds pretty badass and hilarious at the same time.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:24:02pm |
re: #415 Locker
Ok so you are sorry my wife tells jokes I don’t like but it’s ok for you to bitch about me telling jokes that you don’t like?
And for the record you didn’t say childbirth you said “go through labor without any anesthesia.” So if I said “Go through prostate surgery with no anesthesia” it would be ok?
Why would any sane human being going through surgery without anesthesia?
What would be the point?
And again, labor is not “harm.” It’s a normal biological process by which the human race is continued. It just happens to also hurt a lot, and women have been bravely (in my opinion) doing it for a long time.
I wasn’t wishing harm on you, I was wishing for you to know what it is to be a woman, in the number one thing we do that requires strength.
(And for the record, I did not ever cuss out my husband or call him names during childbirth.)
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:24:26pm |
re: #442 Locker
So you are claiming that child birth is worse than getting shot in combat. We’ll just have to agree to disagree on that one.
I did not say it was worse. I said there is no comparison. The fact that you would make such a comparison means you are an ass.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:25:13pm |
re: #448 goddamnedfrank
Link forbidden, but I know that’s Gun Fu from Equilibrium :D
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Charles Johnson Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:25:34pm |
re: #444 Marching_Man
YoungLibertarian92, back again.
Just go away. What the hell is wrong with you?
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:26:23pm |
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:26:46pm |
re: #452 Charles
YoungLibertarian92, back again.
Just go away. What the hell is wrong with you?
*sigh*
What a loser. Get a new hobby.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:26:51pm |
re: #437 WindUpBird
Because he’s wrong. He has no evidence that unemployment benefits (keep in mind unemployment benefits are not remotely equal to your salary) DISSUADE job-searching. It’s just more silliness from Kyl, and reminds me why I can’t vote Republican, hah. It’s just like the stupid republican talking point bullshit about how tax brackets make people want to earn less, because they don’t understand how the tax brackets work.
In other news, the fact that we don’t throw nets over the unemployed after their 2nd month of unemployment and cage them like stray animals is dissuading job-searching…
Maybe he would recommend euthanasia program for the unemployed.
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Why I Never! Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:27:21pm |
re: #452 Charles
YoungLibertarian92, back again.
Just go away. What the hell is wrong with you?
Terminal, Massive Butthurt.
need a new one of these dedicated to just him.
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:27:55pm |
re: #452 Charles
YoungLibertarian92, back again.
Just go away. What the hell is wrong with you?
Are you serious? This is the strangest obsession. What is the draw?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:28:08pm |
re: #456 Alouette
Maybe he would recommend euthanasia program for the unemployed.
Man! It’s like Quietus from Children of Men!
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rurality Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:28:40pm |
re: #430 keloyd
I’ve had no luck finding pork pies, but I have had success making them from a recipe in Tamsin Day-Lewis’s Tarts without Tops. Crust was pretty spot on, key is melted lard, but the meat interior wasnt quite it. Longing is almost satisfied, but they are up there in “pain in the ass” cooking.
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:29:28pm |
re: #462 WindUpBird
Man! It’s like Quietus from Children of Men!
I just saw that for the second time a couple nights ago. Still wowed me.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:29:51pm |
re: #436 Locker
I agree in full with that. The smart thing is fully exploit the choices you do have. I admit gun people get too comfortable handling/storing them. Cops get that really bad. The gun gets tossed around like the radio and handcuffs.
An example from one of my classes-“No guns due to small kids all over the place? Pregnant wife? No problem, lock up & store them well away from harms reach. Now lets take a good look at how well your doors and windows lock. Got local PD in your speed dial on the cell phones? Alarms? Good smoke detectors?”
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kellygrrrl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:31:46pm |
as Fox News printed the blaring Breaking News that Obama’s physical reveals he is still struggling with quitting smoking - this based on information that he is still chewing Nicorette gum — the commenters on the board started building a strawman when they read that the physician told the President to keep his alcoholic intake moderate.
Expect tomorrow’s talking point to be: President Obama is an alcoholic.
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keloyd Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:32:23pm |
re: #463 rurality
That’s a book? I’ve seen some pretty thorough step by step things on Youtube also, but I was hoping on just finding a frozen one. Dallas is very diverse food-wise, but still no meat pies. (Chicken pot pie doesn’t count. I’m a Texan, so “meat” = mammals.)
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HoosierHoops Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:33:18pm |
Good night dear lizards! It’s late and time for bed..
Be well
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:34:29pm |
re: #448 goddamnedfrank
Well damn dead link.
Okay its sounded a bit much put that way, but well that’s the phrase. I am getting too damn sore for the sparring practice to keep unarmed skills up to par. Joints wear out. Think of it like this. With soft energy arts like judo or tai chi, it takes years to be able to defend yourself against a big determined man. Kick boxing a year. Straight boxing-at least 6 months. With a pistol- One day, if repeated 4 times a year. Thats it.
Hell, let the bullet do all the hard hitting.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:34:52pm |
re: #468 HoosierHoops
Good chatting dude, see ya next time.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:35:09pm |
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freetoken Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:35:13pm |
re: #466 kellygrrrl
The FoxNews site is getting harder and harder to differentiate from their hate site, FoxNation. One thing I’ve noticed is that Murdoch is turning the FoxNews website slowly more and more into a site like his Sun newspaper, running ever more titillating articles.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:36:12pm |
re: #444 Marching_Man
I’ll tell you this once. I have no time for sock puppets. Go Away.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:36:30pm |
re: #399 Locker
Locker, in my opinion, the statistics on gun safety is incredibly muddy and should not be claimed by the Democrats.
I literally used to work for the Brady campaign, and I became disenchanted because I didn’t see an actual attempt to gather clear data.
I feel that gun ownership is one of the areas where the Democrats are unscientific. Guns are out there already. They’re not going away. Criminalizing them has not shown to reduce gun ownership by criminals one whit in an already-gun-saturated environment. Our current justice system doesn’t really work as a deterrent for hardened criminals, so the penalty of added time for the criminality of a gun is beside the point.
I hate guns, I hate what they represent, and I hate the feel of them. Guns are cheating, to me. But I don’t think that any of the statistics I’ve ever seen backs up that gun ownership is the problem. I think we have a huge cultural problem with violence, and a massively fucked up private prison system that’s a training ground for violent criminals.
If Democrats— and a lot of the ‘left wing’— spent half the energy they do on guns fighting for prison reform, I’d respect them a lot more.
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jaunte Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:37:27pm |
re: #473 Rightwingconspirator
I’ll tell you this once. I have no time for sock puppets. Go Away.
He’s back down at the bottom of that hill in Tartarus.
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The Sanity Inspector Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:38:00pm |
re: #461 Silvergirl
Are you serious? This is the strangest obsession. What is the draw?
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:39:01pm |
re: #474 Obdicut
Did you see the “liberal case for the 2nd amend.?” Kos had a guy on and there is a link I put up earlier.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:40:04pm |
re: #452 Charles
YoungLibertarian92, back again.
Just go away. What the hell is wrong with you?
That’s the seventh time you’ve booted him. Some people would get the hint that they aren’t wanted.
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laZardo Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:40:46pm |
re: #478 Rightwingconspirator
My little brother enjoys “in” punk rock, anime, dressing hipster, and collecting gun magazines and manuals.
Only in America Manila.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:41:08pm |
re: #478 Rightwingconspirator
No, I’ll check it out. Thank you.
I want the 2nd amendment for the XKCD reason: I want crypto classified as a weapon, so I can legally own and use it.
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rurality Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:41:36pm |
re: #467 keloyd
Tarts with Tops On is name of cookbook, Tamasin Day-Lewis (Daniel Day-Lewis’s sister), the author. Think she also did Tarts without Tops. A while back I also found some place on line that carried Pork Pies and various other English fare, but never ordered anything. I’ll have to check out YouTube and see how they fabricate a mold—or perhaps they have the real thing.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:41:55pm |
re: #459 iceweasel
Terminal, Massive Butthurt.
[Video]need a new one of these dedicated to just him.
you know, between butthurt and tackle measuring, you’re really feeling the unmentionables tonight, aren’t you//
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:43:10pm |
re: #446 Locker
Seeing you this pissed off brings me so much joy you could not rightly imagine. Thank you once again.
The pleasure is all mine.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:44:25pm |
re: #403 Killgore Trout
I go to enjoy the water, if I hook anything it’s just a bonus. I usually go with a buddy that knows about as much as I do, and we’re always giving each other shit. That’s why we’re friends. Sometimes we catch, most times not.
re: #405 Killgore Trout
It’s like church to me.
Just. Like. That.
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Altermite Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:44:44pm |
re: #469 Rightwingconspirator
Well damn dead link.
Okay its sounded a bit much put that way, but well that’s the phrase. I am getting too damn sore for the sparring practice to keep unarmed skills up to par. Joints wear out. Think of it like this. With soft energy arts like judo or tai chi, it takes years to be able to defend yourself against a big determined man. Kick boxing a year. Straight boxing-at least 6 months. With a pistol- One day, if repeated 4 times a year. Thats it.
Hell, let the bullet do all the hard hitting.
Judo is a hell of a lot better than tai chi for that sort of thing. In fact, I’d put judo on the same level I’d put boxing for unarmed situations- possibly better.
There’s an article about gene lebell (a champion judoka) putting away a top-level boxer (milo savage) in a bout.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:45:51pm |
re: #399 Locker
Far outweighed? That overstates the numbers. Every gun accident just about gets reported, if perhaps by the doctor. Many, many uses of a gun, without a shot fired go unnoticed by the statisticians. I ran off an attacker with a shotgun. He simply changed his mind about forcing in my door after hearing me yell I would shoot him if he did. He was arrested the next day.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:45:57pm |
re: #488 Altermite
I’d say kickboxing, krav maga, and jujitsu are all crowded right at the top. And judo is basically just a jujitsu variant, so it’s up there.
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Soap_Man Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:46:21pm |
It’s about that time. My bed is calling my name.
Have a safe and fun evening everyone.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:46:47pm |
re: #490 Obdicut
I’d say kickboxing, krav maga, and jujitsu are all crowded right at the top. And judo is basically just a jujitsu variant, so it’s up there.
Just for the record, krav maga sounds like a villain in a sci-fi movie.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:47:45pm |
re: #489 Rightwingconspirator
Morever, gun accidents are something that individual people can prevent. To not buy a gun because lots of people have gun accidents is like not buying a car because lots of people have car accidents. (And sure, you don’t need a gun— you don’t need a car, either.) You can do things to prevent having a gun accident, and you can actually make it a lot less likely than having a car accident.
I have zero respect for people who don’t have near-perfect gun discipline, though. The statistics on assholes who horse around with guns are pretty damn clear. The NRA gathers that stat.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:47:56pm |
re: #488 Altermite
Well no one ever sees combat Tai Chi, just the drills. But it takes a long darn time to get proficient. Hundreds of hours.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:48:30pm |
re: #490 Obdicut
I’d say kickboxing, krav maga, and jujitsu are all crowded right at the top. And judo is basically just a jujitsu variant, so it’s up there.
jujitsu is underrated. it’s amazing how many different apparently indefensible positions are in fact a prelude to a joint lock. beefcake will never see it coming.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:48:48pm |
re: #490 Obdicut
I’d say kickboxing, krav maga, and jujitsu are all crowded right at the top. And judo is basically just a jujitsu variant, so it’s up there.
I trained in krav maga for about a year and loved it. Got in great shape (between that and biking I lost around 30 pounds a couple of years ago) and it taught me some very valuable skills. I never sparred in krav, and I’m planning to start 6 months of muay thai soon (probably this week.) It will be fun to be able to spar. If I had stuck with krav I would have been able to spar in the higher levels, but I only did level 1.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:49:20pm |
re: #493 Obdicut
Morever, gun accidents are something that individual people can prevent. To not buy a gun because lots of people have gun accidents is like not buying a car because lots of people have car accidents. (And sure, you don’t need a gun— you don’t need a car, either.) You can do things to prevent having a gun accident, and you can actually make it a lot less likely than having a car accident.
I have zero respect for people who don’t have near-perfect gun discipline, though. The statistics on assholes who horse around with guns are pretty damn clear. The NRA gathers that stat.
That I agree with and will upding.
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The Sanity Inspector Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:49:42pm |
re: #489 Rightwingconspirator
Far outweighed? That overstates the numbers. Every gun accident just about gets reported, if perhaps by the doctor. Many, many uses of a gun, without a shot fired go
unnoticedunreported by thestatisticiansanti-gun news media. I ran off an attacker with a shotgun. He simply changed his mind about forcing in my door after hearing me yell I would shoot him if he did. He was arrested the next day.
FTFY
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:50:23pm |
re: #495 Aceofwhat?
I took jujitsu as a teenager. Have I mentioned I have a very, very rare joint ‘disorder’ that makes me incredibly double-jointed? And, rather than being weak, it means that my joints wind up like a spring. So if you do the ‘cop trick’— arm up behind the back on me— it’s just like winding me up.
My sensei fucking loved me, because he had to come up with such insane ways to lock me up.
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:50:26pm |
re: #491 Soap_Man
It’s about that time. My bed is calling my name.
Have a safe and fun evening everyone.
And use the safeties on your firearms.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:50:54pm |
re: #493 Obdicut
bingo. it’s an enormous responsibility, and needs to be treated like one every single time you approach the weapon. i believe that “fundamentalist religious fervor” is the appropriate description of the proper attitude towards the safe practices. anything less is unnecessary and preventable idiocy.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:52:28pm |
re: #496 Mad Al-Jaffee
As an ex-boxer and ex-boxing instructor and ex-teacher of other disciplines: Do not full-contact spar, unless you have good reason to believe that you will be in combat situations in your life. Blows to the head are more serious than we had previously though, and brain cell death is inevitable with any full-contact sparring that allows headstrikes.
Grapple training is okay, but do not, if you value that brain, do full-contact with strikes to the head allowed.
It’s basically piling micro-concussion on micro-concussion.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:52:37pm |
re: #499 Obdicut
I took jujitsu as a teenager. Have I mentioned I have a very, very rare joint ‘disorder’ that makes me incredibly double-jointed? And, rather than being weak, it means that my joints wind up like a spring. So if you do the ‘cop trick’— arm up behind the back on me— it’s just like winding me up.
My sensei fucking loved me, because he had to come up with such insane ways to lock me up.
hilarious. you’re a mutant - in the positive sense of the word. pass that gene on, man.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:52:38pm |
re: #493 Obdicut
Good analogy. There is an arc of safety and expewrience. We are all so careful at first then the fear fades and we make a mistake. And yes near perfection is the handling standard. If you ever see serious defensive pistol competition, watch the range officers and how the shooters defer to them. Utterly and instantly. The best SWAT or champion will bust his butt to keep the instructors and range officers happy with their moves.
The finest pistol sport on the planet-IMHO.
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Spare O'Lake Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:52:58pm |
re: #489 Rightwingconspirator
Far outweighed? That overstates the numbers. Every gun accident just about gets reported, if perhaps by the doctor. Many, many uses of a gun, without a shot fired go unnoticed by the statisticians. I ran off an attacker with a shotgun. He simply changed his mind about forcing in my door after hearing me yell I would shoot him if he did. He was arrested the next day.
Least favourite sound for a break-in perp to hear is a pump-action shotgun being loaded on the other side of the door.
Chook-chook.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:53:02pm |
re: #498 The Sanity Inspector
Thanks.
BRB!
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:55:03pm |
re: #502 Obdicut
Thanks for the advice. I’m definitely not ready so spar yet, and my brother (who trained at the same school for two years) told me that you can spar at the level you’re comfortable with. You can go 10% with your partner or one of the trainers if you want to. I have pretty good technique (although I’m pretty rusty), but I’ve only hit and kicked bags, pads and focus mitts.
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The Sanity Inspector Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:55:13pm |
Good night, all. Have some mini-gun pr0n:
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:56:07pm |
re: #503 Aceofwhat?
I am a mutant. And nobody actually knows what it is. The downside is that I’ll probably develop crippling arthritis in about ten years, and I have a weird immune system. But it’s well-fucking-worth it to have had the superhero moments I’ve had over the years.
Including a guy pushing me off the roof of a two-story building, me hitting the wall of the building opposite, dropping to the street, and being basically unharmed. I went back into the party, and asked the host to throw him out before I pushed him off the roof and saw how someone with a normal body handled that fall.
Plus I once took off my girlfriend’s pants with my toes while handcuffed to the bed.
I don’t know which I’m more proud of.
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:56:17pm |
re: #469 Rightwingconspirator
Well damn dead link.
Okay its sounded a bit much put that way, but well that’s the phrase. I am getting too damn sore for the sparring practice to keep unarmed skills up to par. Joints wear out. Think of it like this. With soft energy arts like judo or tai chi, it takes years to be able to defend yourself against a big determined man. Kick boxing a year. Straight boxing-at least 6 months. With a pistol- One day, if repeated 4 times a year. Thats it.
Hell, let the bullet do all the hard hitting.
Here is the original image again, but I like this one better now. I own more than enough guns myself to understand what you’re saying, i.e. martial art does not mean unarmed. I just like using GIS for interesting phrases.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:57:28pm |
re: #505 Spare O’Lake
Least favourite sound for a break-in perp to hear is a pump-action shotgun being loaded on the other side of the door.
Chook-chook.
only improved if a Bruce Campbell quote is also handy.
“alright…who wants some?”
or
“gimme some sugar, baby”
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:58:26pm |
*Racer X flies around the room, lands on the ceiling, and licks his eyebrows. Eyeing the hungry Lizards below*
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:58:30pm |
re: #509 Obdicut
I am a mutant. And nobody actually knows what it is. The downside is that I’ll probably develop crippling arthritis in about ten years, and I have a weird immune system. But it’s well-fucking-worth it to have had the superhero moments I’ve had over the years.
Including a guy pushing me off the roof of a two-story building, me hitting the wall of the building opposite, dropping to the street, and being basically unharmed. I went back into the party, and asked the host to throw him out before I pushed him off the roof and saw how someone with a normal body handled that fall.
Plus I once took off my girlfriend’s pants with my toes while handcuffed to the bed.
I don’t know which I’m more proud of.
both of those moments are winners. be a good lefty and give them both a medal!
//
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rurality Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:58:48pm |
re: #467 keloyd
Thanks for the YouTube tip. Some good pointers, but they leave out a lot of the details and the ass ache is in the details.
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Why I Never! Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:59:04pm |
re: #511 Aceofwhat?
only improved if a Bruce Campbell quote is also handy.
“alright…who wants some?”
or
“gimme some sugar, baby”
I read this initially as a response to Obdi’s post about taking off his gf’s pants with his toes, while handcuffed.
(please tell me I’m in the right thread and didn’t hallucinate that post…)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Mar 1, 2010 8:59:10pm |
re: #512 Racer X
*Racer X flies around the room, lands on the ceiling, and licks his eyebrows. Eyeing the hungry Lizards below*
Not so hungry. We all had pie.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:00:05pm |
re: #515 iceweasel
I read this initially as a response to Obdi’s post about taking off his gf’s pants with his toes, while handcuffed.
(please tell me I’m in the right thread and didn’t hallucinate that post…)
heh…actually, that’s not such a bad rejoinder to his post…
(did i mention i’m having scotch?)
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:04:08pm |
re: #516 EmmmieG
Not so hungry. We all had pie.
But Freetoken cut it up into those tiny socialist pieces.
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:04:22pm |
re: #516 EmmmieG
Not so hungry. We all had pie.
I had a carrot cake cookie from Trader Joes. And ice cream.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:04:39pm |
re: #518 Mad Al-Jaffee
Time for sleep for me too. Adios.
Likewise. I don’t need to refill my lungs with fluid by missing out on sleep.
‘night all
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:05:12pm |
re: #516 EmmmieG
Not so hungry. We all had pie.
But no trolls to roast. Just a lame-ass sock puppet.
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:06:15pm |
re: #521 Aceofwhat?
Likewise. I don’t need to refill my lungs with fluid by missing out on sleep.
‘night all
Oh, you’re just recovering from pneumonia, is that right? Have a restful sleep!
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:07:38pm |
re: #522 Dark_Falcon
But no trolls to roast. Just a lame-ass sock puppet.
You can make soup from those, but I do not recommend it.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:10:57pm |
re: #524 goddamnedfrank
You can make soup from those, but I do not recommend it.
I don’t need to do that. I’m not that hard up for money.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:13:42pm |
Holy shit.
If Walter, and other LOST fans haven’t seen this, you have to. Have to!
[Link: babel-research.eu…]
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freetoken Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:15:38pm |
re: #519 Silvergirl
But Freetoken cut it up into those tiny socialist pieces.
Guilty as charged…
But, just to help our dairy farmers out a bit… it was served a la mode… lots and lots of a la mode…
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:16:07pm |
re: #526 Obdicut
If that’s official— which I doubt, but if it is— holy crap, are tons of people gonna get their minds goddamn blown.
Wowzers.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:19:01pm |
re: #529 laZardo
EXACTLY!
Man, if that’s a fan site, it’s fucking genius. This is gonna mess with people so bad.
All the nerdcore boards are exploding in a froth of geeky exuberance right now. Many Mountain Dews will be drunk before this night is done.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:19:17pm |
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:19:36pm |
I wonder how Jerry Brown will fare in the California race for governor. I’ve always thought of him as an interesting guy. Somebody’s going to have a job getting that state in any sort of passable shape.
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Jimmah The Unacceptable Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:20:08pm |
Our Secular Coalition visit to the White HouseThe headline in a press release from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights stated, “Obama Aides Host Catholic Bashers.” Catholic League president Bill Donohue referred to representatives of the Secular Coalition for America as “some of the biggest anti-religious zealots in the nation,” and that many of us “would crush Christianity” if we could. (Interestingly, my dictionary defines “zealot” as a fanatical adherent to a cause, especially a religious one.) The Catholic League ended its diatribe with, “It is important that the public learn of the contents of this meeting. We will do what we can to find out what happened.” What on earth are they expecting—an atheist plot to take over the government?
Apparently, the Catholic League’s crack investigative team never thought to contact any of the Secular Coalition representatives at the meeting. So for the Catholic League and others who would rather opine than investigate, I’ll make it easy for you by telling what happened at the meeting.
full article: [Link: newsweek.washingtonpost.com…]
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:21:41pm |
re: #530 Obdicut
Oh my mistake, this is old news. I’m late to the party. Still, it’s cool as shit.
Here, to add to the murk:
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:23:49pm |
re: #532 Silvergirl
He better raise some serious cash.
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jaunte Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:25:11pm |
re: #533 Jimmah
Good points from Herb Silverman in that article:
“…It’s not religion bashing or Christian bashing to mention that government neutrality toward religion is not the same as government hostility, that the government should not favor one religion over another or religion in general over non-religion…”
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:27:18pm |
re: #535 Rightwingconspirator
He better raise some serious cash.
Cold sober and earnest cash! Meg Whitman’s $39 million is really eye-popping.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:27:48pm |
re: #528 Obdicut
I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that that site is fiction/lore related to an unannounced video game currently in development.
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Political Atheist Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:28:38pm |
re: #537 Silvergirl
The one vote she can not but is all the votes she skipped.
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Altermite Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:29:13pm |
re: #538 Slumbering Behemoth
I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that that site is fiction/lore related to an unannounced video game currently in development.
Something by valve. I’ve read guesses that it might be a game linking halflife and portal worlds.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:29:14pm |
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:29:16pm |
re: #538 Slumbering Behemoth
But it has stuff from Halflife, Portal, and Lost on there. That’s an impossible crossover. I think it’s a fan site, and a fan-made movie as well.
Fucking impressive as shit, though.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:29:40pm |
re: #540 Altermite
But Hanso Corporation is a corporation from LOST. Not from Valve’s universe.
Dun dun DUNNN!
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:30:18pm |
And finally, more ghosts in the machine:
[Link: www.rockpapershotgun.com…]
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:30:58pm |
re: #544 Obdicut
But Hanso Corporation is a corporation from LOST. Not from Valve’s universe.
Dun dun DUNNN!
Marvel versus Capcom versus Combine versus Aperture versus Aliens versus Predator versus SNK versus Tatsunoko versus MK versus DC Heroes
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:31:00pm |
re: #542 Obdicut
I’m not seeing the LOST connection, help me out here.
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jaunte Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:32:40pm |
Goodnight all. Here’s a little more pie:
Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie… a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.
— George Orwell
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:33:00pm |
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Altermite Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:34:09pm |
re: #546 WindUpBird
Marvel versus Capcom versus Combine versus Aperture versus Aliens versus Predator versus SNK versus Tatsunoko versus MK versus DC Heroes
The real trick is how they tied Jim Raynor in there.
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Flavia Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:34:30pm |
re: #40 jamesfirecat
re: #32 darthstarWho in their right mind only buys beer in quantities of six?
Do you know what else has “six” as part of it? The Jewish Star! And if you get three of those its 666 it’s all a satanistic zoinist plot by the jOOOS!“Without further eloquence…” *
[Link: www.shmaltz.com…]
* 50 cyberpoints to anyone who gets the quote
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:34:51pm |
Wow, Chris Mathews just said that Nancy Pelosi’s self given grade “A for effort,” was “tonight’s big number.”
Yeah, Tweety said that.
He did, he did, he really did.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:35:19pm |
re: #551 Flavia
‘Without further eloquence’ is said during “The Quiet Man”, a wonderful film. So that’s a good quote.
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Racer X Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:36:29pm |
re: #542 Obdicut
But it has stuff from Halflife, Portal, and Lost on there. That’s an impossible crossover. I think it’s a fan site, and a fan-made movie as well.
Fucking impressive as shit, though.
Funny too:
After a breakthrough in the organic chemistry sector, we saw the potential of organic solar cells as a substitute for current ones. With the help of independent benefactors the first experiments with an organic photovoltaic cell were held in 2010. The results showed a relatively high sunlight energy conversion efficiency of about 71%.
In the years following, Babel Research managed to enhance the cell to an efficiency of 87% in 2012, using new types of polymers. We named this new type of cell the Black Solar Cell, due to its appearance and maximum sunlight absorption.
Because of its success the decision was made to build a field of Black Solar Cells in the Sahara desert which would span over 4000 acres to accommodate 30% of the world’s energy need. Nowadays most of the technological devices are incorporated with Black Solar Cells, thus resulting in the global use of this Babel product.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:37:16pm |
re: #552 goddamnedfrank
Wow, Chris Mathews just said that Nancy Pelosi’s self given grade “A for effort,” was “tonight’s big number.”
Yeah, Tweety said that.
He did, he did, he really did.
That’s pretty silly of him, since A is not a number. What was the context?
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:38:25pm |
re: #554 Racer X
And then there’s this: [Link: www.whatsinthebox.nl…]
So people in Portal are getting radio transmissions in the game that lead them to the babel foundation website which has motifs on it from LOST and the Halflife universe, and that relates to a short film everyone thought was fan-made that was on youtube awhile ago called ‘whats’ in the box’.
Oh, and these radio transmissions, if you convert them through a slow-scan TV, resolve into visible pictures of creepy-ass shit.
WTF is not a big enough word. WTHSFWWTHTF.
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Silvergirl Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:40:49pm |
Have you ever tried this site to see if you may want to watch a certain movie? Type in the title and see what happens.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:48:01pm |
re: #556 Obdicut
Oh, and these radio transmissions, if you convert them through a slow-scan TV, resolve into visible pictures of creepy-ass shit.
Okay, how the hell do you do that?
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Mar 1, 2010 9:56:03pm |
re: #555 Dark_Falcon
That’s pretty silly of him, since A is not a number. What was the context?
That was it, he’s got a daily bit called “tonight’s big number,” and this was tonight’s, NP’s self-assessed letter grade. My problem is of course, how is this news? It is shoehorning of absolute non-thoughts into a pre-formulaic mold that extrudes a quasi-news like paste designed to pad space between advertisements.
Tweety blows.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:05:28pm |
re: #561 goddamnedfrank
That was it, he’s got a daily bit called “tonight’s big number,” and this was tonight’s, NP’s self-assessed letter grade. My problem is of course, how is this news? It is shoehorning of absolute non-thoughts into a pre-formulaic mold that extrudes a quasi-news like paste designed to pad space between advertisements.
Tweety blows.
Quite Concur.
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wee fury Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:09:45pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:19:45pm |
re: #561 goddamnedfrank
That was it, he’s got a daily bit called “tonight’s big number,” and this was tonight’s, NP’s self-assessed letter grade. My problem is of course, how is this news? It is shoehorning of absolute non-thoughts into a pre-formulaic mold that extrudes a quasi-news like paste designed to pad space between advertisements.
That’s cable news programming for ya.
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Ojoe Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:23:02pm |
I am glad the Obamas like pie.
I hope they eat all they want,
and that they do not worry if other countries
will say
OK
or not.
• • •
Goon night all.
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Ojoe Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:29:17pm |
re: #532 Silvergirl
Jerry Brown is probably too smart to survive in politics.
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Irenicum Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:33:52pm |
re: #548 jaunte
George Orwell’s voice serves us well today, in ways that the far right simply doesn’t understand. It just makes sense.
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Bagua Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:42:43pm |
re: #564 wee fury
Furry Lewis, from the early years. Try it again, I just checked it and it plays.
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Bagua Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:47:56pm |
Here’s the youtube version in case the Mp3 gives you no love.
Black Gypsy Blues
- Furry Lewis 1928
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:48:05pm |
re: #572 Irenicum
George Orwell’s voice serves us well today, in ways that the far right simply doesn’t understand. It just makes sense.
Agreed. Orwell was of the left, but he was a wise man and paid attention to human needs in a way ideologues do not. Those of the far reaches of either political side could learn a great deal from him.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:56:15pm |
If you look at those chicken breasts one more time, so help me I will claw yer gawt-damned eyes out!
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Jack Burton Mon, Mar 1, 2010 10:56:52pm |
Yesterday I was at Disneyland and saw a woman with a small child there. Obviously not strange at Disneyland but, on the inside of her right arm she had tattooed in big bold letters: “IT WAS THE VACCINES”. It just makes me want to scream… the amount of damage that has been done by this nonsense.
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Bagua Mon, Mar 1, 2010 11:07:25pm |
re: #577 ArchangelMichael
Horrible isn’t it? Measles cases have surged sevenfold in the US since Dr. Andrew Wakefield made the false autism/MMR link.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Mar 1, 2010 11:13:23pm |
It was the pastry crust that made him do it.
Just think!
All of that violence could have been avoided.
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CapitalistTool Tue, Mar 2, 2010 1:30:54am |
re: #58 Gus 802
Hmm, you might have something there. Maybe we can start the Pie Party and have Pie Party protests. Better check the word pie for sexual connotations.
“Pie” can refer to a part of a woman’s body in the context of oral sex, as in “having a taste (or piece) of her pie.”
I’ve also seen graffiti mentioning “pink pie.”
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