Wow, the things you learn by looking at #tcot (Top Conservatives On Twitter).
Did you know there’s a whole genre of YouTube videos dedicated to showing dogs who hate President Obama?
Check out the related videos.
Apparently, this kind of thing is highly amusing to the modern conservative.
And this insanity is not new.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:55:19pm |
We need a better class of Top Conservatives on Twitter.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:55:50pm |
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:56:00pm |
Check out the related videos.
What a surprise! Another theocon.
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shaner5000 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:56:14pm |
People have been putting videos of their dogs reacting to things they don't like for years now, be it George W Bush, the University of Michigan, whatever. But now that its Obama, its racist? What in that 8 second video screams "racism"?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:57:11pm |
Tomorrow we're going to Pet Cemetery in Colma to visit the grave of the dog my family had all through my teen years. It's the tenth anniversary of his death. My mother was more devastated by the loss of him than anything else I have ever seen happen to her.
We used to take him to Crissy Field Beach, near Fort Point. People from all over San Francisco walk their dogs there, and he had a regular group of play friends. One thing you notice about dogs is that they treat all of their kind with interest and respect. A Rhodesian Ridgeback will greet and play with a Pekingese, without concern for their relative size, different shape, etc.
Dogs are not racists. And trying to make them such for evil human reasons just totally sucks.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:57:53pm |
re: #2 Cato the Elder
We need a better class of Top Conservatives on Twitter.
You can find some really sick stuff just watching what pops up on the #tcot tag.
Now, anyone on twitter can append a #tcot tag, of course, but you wouldn't believe the sick shit that rolls through there. And it isn't from liberals trolling them.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:58:32pm |
re: #5 shaner5000
And yet another sleeper awakes. Almost two years since its last comment.
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laZardo Fri, Mar 12, 2010 6:59:14pm |
Conservative thought entertainment at its finest.
No true Scotsman?
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:00:26pm |
This reminds me of a potential issue with auto-disemvoweling-- the trolls would also have to have any videos or links they posted disabled as well, or else they would spam here with pr0n or stormfront or the like.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:00:42pm |
re: #7 Gus 802
Troll.
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:00:46pm |
OK, I just mentioned Obama to Haku. He wagged his tail.
Then I said the name "Sarah Palin". He wagged his tail.
I uttered the names of Stacy McCain, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Hitler, Stalin, Amalek, Judas, and Lucifer. He wagged his tail.
Then I said "Mandy Manners" and he wagged his tail, ran in circles, and peed on the rug.
My dog is a much better person than I am.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:01:28pm |
re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
I'll get the Martyr Cookies™ started.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:01:49pm |
"Dawgs...ye can truss em...they got instincts - they just don't have no fancy book larnin' like them ayleetist city folks. If'n Obama don't get by ma dawg's sniffer, he don't get bah mine neithur"
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:02:44pm |
re: #9 Charles
And yet another sleeper awakes. Almost two years since its last comment.
What happened to the good old trolls of yesteryear?
These newfangled trolls, their brains are so small they're hardly worth spooning out of their skulls.
Some of them, I swear, would have trouble cheating at solitaire.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:02:46pm |
re: #5 shaner5000
People have been putting videos of their dogs reacting to things they don't like for years now, be it George W Bush, the University of Michigan, whatever. But now that its Obama, its racist? What in that 8 second video screams "racism"?
[Video]
You. Meet fuck.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:03:11pm |
re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
Sorry about the job.
Did things go well with your parents?
Sorry if I'm prying...
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:04:15pm |
re: #5 shaner5000
I see we refuse to "get it".
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:05:26pm |
re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
's' alright! We brung ya some beer. Times is tight - we all been there. Ya can crash in the back of Varek's hearse there til things turn around.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:06:58pm |
Bill Maher, a manhattan...Friday night is just right.
I do remember when the movie White Dog came out...I was disgusted then.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:07:48pm |
re: #17 darthstar
You. Meet fuck.
ha! I kinda love you, in a totally platonic and Jimmah-approved way, of course.
A little something for the troll: seriously now, enough from you trollcat.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:08:13pm |
re: #18 Slumbering Behemoth
What a fantastic bird!!! I have looked into buying a bird for a long time, have always wanted one. If I could get so lucky to get one that would talk as easily as that one obviously does, I could put up with the noise and cage cleaning!!!
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:08:23pm |
Who determines that these people are "The" top conservatives? Themselves?
Well, I've determined that I'm Empress of the Entire Freakin' Universe.
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:09:20pm |
And, as Empress of the Entire Freakin' Universe, I command all to ignore the really shitty grammar in No. 25.
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laZardo Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:09:33pm |
re: #25 MandyManners
Who determines that these people are "The" top conservatives? Themselves?
Well, I've determined that I'm Empress of the Entire
Freakin'Fucking Universe.
ftfy
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:09:33pm |
OT: Geez. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:09:43pm |
Okay: Grill? Check. Charcoal? Check. Lighter chimney and newspaper? Got it. Sauce? Oh, yeah.
Coals reday in twenty minutes.
Keep posting, Shaner, we are hungry.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:10:21pm |
re: #29 austin_blue
Okay: Grill? Check. Charcoal? Check. Lighter chimney and newspaper? Got it. Sauce? Oh, yeah.
Coals reday in twenty minutes.
Keep posting, Shaner, we are hungry.
"Ready", Sheesh
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:10:35pm |
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:10:53pm |
re: #23 iceweasel
ha! I kinda love you, in a totally platonic and Jimmah-approved way, of course.
A little something for the troll: seriously now, enough from you trollcat.
That's become my standard response to trollish people, or people who have demonstrated a complete lack of connection to reality.
I enjoy your posts as well. Cheers.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:10:55pm |
re: #3 Killgore Trout
Fixed that for you.
Killgore, I had trout for dinner tonight.
It was so popular, there was only one serving left when I got there.
And they told me future shipments have been cancelled, thanks to Obama.
Watch your dorsal fins, pal.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:12:12pm |
re: #26 MandyManners
And, as Empress of the Entire Freakin' Universe, I command all to ignore the really shitty grammar in No. 25.
Okay...but only if you'll spank me.
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:13:49pm |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:13:49pm |
re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
Hey, at least you're not in danger of going "urban hunter-gatherer." I came within about one day of that once. All that kept me from going to the park with a pillowcase and an appetite for squab was that one of my neighbors was moving out and had stacked his or her unused groceries in a milk crate in the hall.
YES! a half-bag of stale rice, a bottle of ketchup, and a half-dozen cans of mixed vegetables.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:13:52pm |
re: #33 Cato the Elder
Killgore, I had trout for dinner tonight.
It was so popular, there was only one serving left when I got there.
And they told me future shipments have been cancelled, thanks to Obama.
Watch your dorsal fins, pal.
I'm having lamb-chops for dinner tonight...so I guess that means there will be one less sock-puppet for Charles to worry about.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:13:52pm |
re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
DF, I heard. So sorry, my man.
My heart, to you.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:14:12pm |
re: #19 Varek Raith
Sorry about the job.
Did things go well with your parents?
Sorry if I'm prying...
I got some help and some good advice. My stomach however was very sour so by the end of the meal I was in great pain. It's better now but I am more determined than ever to find a way to make my father satisfied with me. He deserves to be able to have a chance to feel like his son is finally getting it right and I intend to give him that moment.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:14:56pm |
re: #26 MandyManners
And, as Empress of the Entire Freakin' Universe, I command all to ignore the really shitty grammar in No. 25.
Hi, Mandy. Like my new avatar and motto? Just for you.
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Ojoe Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:15:49pm |
OT:
Down with the financial and political elite of this country, who've tanked the economy.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:15:57pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:16:07pm |
re: #38 austin_blue
DF, I heard. So sorry, my man.
My heart, to you.
Thanks. I'm going to drop the job issue for tonight. I'll get back to hunting tomorrow, but right now I need to relax. I can't let stress rule me or I'll never get hired.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:16:09pm |
re: #41 Ojoe
OT:
Down with the financial and political elite of this country, who've tanked the economy.
That's never off-topic.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:16:22pm |
re: #39 Dark_Falcon
I got some help and some good advice. My stomach however was very sour so by the end of the meal I was in great pain. It's better now but I am more determined than ever to find a way to make my father satisfied with me. He deserves to be able to have a chance to feel like his son is finally getting it right and I intend to give him that moment.
what's the problem there?
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:16:51pm |
re: #43 Dark_Falcon
Thanks. I'm going to drop the job issue for tonight. I'll get back to hunting tomorrow, but right now I need to relax. I can't let stress rule me or I'll never get hired.
(*reaches into cooler, grabs two Shiners*)
here ya go!
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:17:21pm |
re: #33 Cato the Elder
Killgore, I had trout for dinner tonight.
It was so popular, there was only one serving left when I got there.
And they told me future shipments have been cancelled, thanks to Obama.
Watch your dorsal fins, pal.
Can't you see the connection! Banning fish! Ichthys! Sign of the fish! This a plot to remove fish from human sport and consumption for the eventual goal of Obama's secular-progressive-Communistic-atheist overthrow of the United States of America!
/
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Ojoe Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:17:25pm |
re: #25 MandyManners
Who determines that these people are "The" top conservatives? Themselves?
I have always been wary of those who self-label.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:17:29pm |
Just some FYI on #tcot
[Link: www.kithbridge.com...]
MOST FOLLOWERS
1 Newt Gingrich
(@newtgingrich)
2 Steve Poizner
(@StevePoizner)
3 Al Ramirez
(@makeCAspecial)
4 Riverside County GOP
(@RPRC)
5 Glenn Beck
(@glennbeck)
6 Nansen Malin
(@nansen)
7 Duane Patterson
(@radioblogger)
8 Rob McNealy
(@RobMcNealy)
9 Bear fan Ron Show
(@bearfanron)
10 Karl Rove
(@KarlRove)
11 Scot McKay
(@scotmckay)
12 stephenkruiser
(@stephenkruiser)
13 David J. Morris
(@coffeemaverick)
14 Sarah Palin
(@SarahPalinUSA)
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:17:31pm |
re: #43 Dark_Falcon
Thanks. I'm going to drop the job issue for tonight. I'll get back to hunting tomorrow, but right now I need to relax. I can't let stress rule me or I'll never get hired.
I recommend blowing the crap outta something. An asteroid or dozen.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:17:39pm |
re: #45 albusteve
what's the problem there?
Apparently DF's father thinks losing your job in this economy makes you some kind of failure.
(((DF)))
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:18:13pm |
re: #28 Slumbering Behemoth
Well, there goes that kid's esteem.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:18:15pm |
Makes me think of This, somehow.
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Ojoe Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:19:01pm |
re: #49 Stanley Sea
Twitter represents a fine spray of brain cells leaving each ear, forever lost.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:19:08pm |
re: #45 albusteve
what's the problem there?
I lost my job. They were reducing headcount at my store and let me go with no severance for a baloney "reason" (though my best friend thinks he can get me some).
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:19:12pm |
re: #33 Cato the Elder
Killgore, I had trout for dinner tonight.
It was so popular, there was only one serving left when I got there.
And they told me future shipments have been cancelled, thanks to Obama.
Watch your dorsal fins, pal.
Trout is one of the most sustainable fish. You'd know that if you followed my food links.
Killgore Recommends: Sustainable Fish
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:19:12pm |
re: #39 Dark_Falcon
I got some help and some good advice. My stomach however was very sour so by the end of the meal I was in great pain. It's better now but I am more determined than ever to find a way to make my father satisfied with me. He deserves to be able to have a chance to feel like his son is finally getting it right and I intend to give him that moment.
You're a good person DF and i have no doubt that you're a good son. And I think you're always getting it right even when it might not feel that way.
I have some stuff to email you in re: stomach troubles. My sister's also suffered with the same and it's very affected by stress. Check yer email later, hope it helps.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:19:28pm |
re: #50 Varek Raith
I recommend blowing the crap outta something. An asteroid or dozen.
Or just a thin piece of paper with a target on it.
DF, if you can't afford ammo, let me know your caliber and I'll get the next 50 rounds.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:19:37pm |
re: #52 darthstar
Well, there goes that kid's esteem.
Don't know if that's always a bad thing. I have learned not to generalize from my experiences, but I find that I did well BECAUSE my family all knew I was destined to fail, and so spite and a thirst for revenge have driven me farther than my own meager talents ever could have.
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:20:12pm |
re: #48 Ojoe
I have always been wary of those who self-label.
And, be wary of those who insist that others are the same as those who label themselves.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:20:35pm |
re: #60 MandyManners
And, be wary of those who insist that others are the same as those who label themselves.
No true Scotsman!
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:20:53pm |
re: #51 Cato the Elder
Apparently DF's father thinks losing your job in this economy makes you some kind of failure.
(((DF)))
I remember when I had a lot more money than my dad, altho he didn't know it....mine was illicit and his from honest hard work, but his spirit was always high...I burned through a lot of money in those days, out of guilt
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:05pm |
re: #46 Guanxi88
(*reaches into cooler, grabs two Shiners*)
here ya go!
I'll join you on that! Another Texas champagne for DF!
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:06pm |
re: #54 Ojoe
Twitter represents a fine spray of brain cells leaving each ear, forever lost.
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:30pm |
re: #49 Stanley Sea
MOST FOLLOWERS
1 Newt Gingrich
(@newtgingrich)
2 Steve Poizner
(@StevePoizner)
:(
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:34pm |
re: #58 Cato the Elder
Or just a thin piece of paper with a target on it.
DF, if you can't afford ammo, let me know your caliber and I'll get the next 50 rounds.
Does it count if I put a massive piece of paper with a target on it in front of a planet?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:34pm |
re: #53 windsagio
Makes me think of This, somehow.
[Video]
So many things wrong in 58 seconds! I'm still laughing.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:35pm |
re: #49 Stanley Sea
Sarah's only #14? TCOT my ass!...she's Numero Uno! (that's French for 'da bomb')
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:42pm |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
I lost my job. They were reducing headcount at my store and let me go with no severance for a baloney "reason" (though my best friend thinks he can get me some).
sorry...there will be a silver lining
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:46pm |
re: #43 Dark_Falcon
Hey Dark:
In honor of your troubles, here's a very short story of mine. It's part of a longer work. I hope you enjoy it:
And sometimes the world just comes together. Okay, one time only it came together for me, but it was deeply affecting. Basically:
One of my thousand-and-one random talents is the ability to run down stairs really really really fast. I don't know why, who knows, hard to figure, but I can beat anyone going downstairs. It sounds like machinegun fire when my feet hit down. I also mentally like the idea of going downstairs, especially underground, you really feel like you're getting somewhere, you know? Okay, upstairs works too, but it's a different kind of feeling going upstairs, it gets more portentous and bound every moment with every step you take, that pain in your thigh hits you know and you have to say, "Is this shit at the top of these stairs worth it?" and have to have a moment of introspection before you finish off the flight. But downstairs I just fly down, it's like I'm going to run clear out of the world at the bottom or something.
Anyway right, so the serendipity was this:
Remember that night at Franks I told you about? I think I told you about it. Anyway, downtown in San Francisco, out on the streets, I see the guy! The one who stole my hat that night, who was fucking putting it on and grinning as he went out the door. It sucked, and here he was. I was glad my memory was right for once and he was a tiny little rat dude and not a Bighunk McChestgriddle kind of guy, so I could go crazy on him without insurance.
So I was shouting "Hey" immediately and barreling to him, caroming little old Chinese ladies off me (and they totally got where I was coming from, you could tell from the looks in their eyes, this one old modom in a frilly hat number especially, she valued hats and she totally got me) and I must have looked like a white sharkfin ploughing through a sea of Asia because he looked up and saw my anger and did an 'oh shit' and scampered. He ran along the street a bit and I was hitting my stride but honestly thinking fuck because I wasn't really gaining or anything but then the stupidshit bolted down some stairs to the MUNI train station. He bolted down the stairs. I needed to catch up to a dude and he was going down the stairs. It was so good I almost screwed it all up by getting overexcited but my mind and body dodged that and I just clicked and went into my "I am a robot designed to run down stairs" mode and I machine-gunned down and it was fucking perfect so perfect that when I caught up to him and grabbed him around the shoulders I wasn't even mad anymore I was laughing like a bastard and he got so scared from that he like went a bit faster and I caught up AGAIN and he went like "Gah" and fell forwards and I passed him while he pinwheeled down the last five steps and I turned around to watch him plant his face like a failed flower into the harsh concrete and I said, "Beat you."
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:21:55pm |
re: #63 austin_blue
I'll join you on that! Another Texas champagne for DF!
Beautiful day here in austin, eh? Perfect day to slip outta work, go home, and do absolutely nothing in grand style.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:22:14pm |
re: #60 MandyManners
I was kinda sorta hoping that you would rethink the wisdom of your offensive avatar yourself.
Just sayin'.
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:22:20pm |
re: #61 Gus 802
No true Scotsman!
Tell me that the next time someone points out the actions of a Prog..
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:22:33pm |
re: #54 Ojoe
Twitter represents a fine spray of brain cells leaving each ear, forever lost.
Friends don't let friends tweet. Stupid fucking idea. Send an SMS from your phone, sure. But this is a business that makes no sense whatsoever.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:22:47pm |
re: #71 iceweasel
heh. yeah, those peeps on tcot are all RINOS!
Yeah, Eric Odom put them up to it. /
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:23:28pm |
re: #51 Cato the Elder
Apparently DF's father thinks losing your job in this economy makes you some kind of failure.
(((DF)))
Aw geez. Dark_Falcon, please tell that is not the case.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:23:41pm |
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:23:51pm |
re: #74 MandyManners
Tell me that the next time someone points out the actions of a Prog..
Prog 4 Life!11!
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Ojoe Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:23:56pm |
re: #51 Cato the Elder
Losing your job these days reflects probably nothing bad on you at all.
Ask anyone in the construction field what they are doing.
Probably not what they were doing 2 years ago.
What strange times, a sign that there is a better way to organize our society, and that we should try to find it.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:24:08pm |
re: #65 Slumbering Behemoth
Given that Meg Whitman has the personal appeal of a rotting seal on a beach, I'm guessing the primaries here in California will be quite interesting. I mean Meg, come on! Calling a press conference and then refusing to answer questions? Not a good idea.
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Ojoe Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:24:53pm |
re: #64 MandyManners
Beautiful to watch it happening to someone else ...
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:25:12pm |
re: #51 Cato the Elder
Apparently DF's father thinks losing your job in this economy makes you some kind of failure.
(((DF)))
He held his job through downsizings more than once. My dad has a reason to feel I'm not measuring up, and it's my job to replace that image. And I will do that. I intend to make sure that he can feel contentment for me in time. And that's all I want to say about that.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:26:16pm |
re: #74 MandyManners
Tell me that the next time someone points out the actions of a Prog..
Prog. That's kind of a label isn't it?
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:27:01pm |
re: #88 Jimmah
Prog. That's kind of a label isn't it?
Obdi and I covered it, its a genre of music.
Of course, then the post sounds like is should have a story behind it.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:27:08pm |
Once you go Prog, you won't torture frogs.
Looking at you, Beck.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:27:14pm |
re: #58 Cato the Elder
Or just a thin piece of paper with a target on it.
DF, if you can't afford ammo, let me know your caliber and I'll get the next 50 rounds.
Thanks for the offer. Not needed right now, but thank you.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:27:54pm |
re: #72 Guanxi88
Beautiful day here in austin, eh? Perfect day to slip outta work, go home, and do absolutely nothing in grand style.
For me? Billable hours. Running two ER's up in north Texas.
Got outside for a couple of smokes in the PM and just laid on the grass. SXSW is on and the town is showing its best face. More immigrants on the way!
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:28:20pm |
re: #88 Jimmah
Prog. That's kind of a label isn't it?
Why yes, yes it is.
And, be wary of those who insist that others are the same as those who label themselves.
Goddamnit.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:28:51pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:29:12pm |
re: #73 Charles
I was kinda sorta hoping that you would rethink the wisdom of your offensive avatar yourself.
Just sayin'.
If you wanted me to change it, why didn't you tell me earlier? You have my e-addy.
I have had this avatar for years.
Why is it suddenly bad?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:29:36pm |
re: #52 darthstar
Well, there goes that kid's esteem.
When I was in forth grade, they found out I had asthma. Of course, they give you meds to help you breath easier.
Despite the fact that they were common, harmless medications, it never stopped my teacher from taking every opportunity to humiliate me in front of the entire classroom with "Don't be too hard on The Behemoth if he starts acting strange, he is sick and on drugs".
That was a fun school year.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:30:08pm |
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:30:23pm |
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:30:30pm |
re: #95 MandyManners
because the blog isn't full of ignorant racist shitheads anymore?
(and yes I know, "Islam is not a race"
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wee fury Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:30:33pm |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:30:39pm |
re: #70 Obdicut
I got a story like that from the other side.
So, I'm roped into seeing the X-Files movie when it opened. Yeah, she was THAT kinda chick.
Anyway, knowing what you know about how I used to dress (dark suit, dark overcoat, dark hat) and the fact that I chain-smoked at the time, you can imagine what happened as we left the theatre.
Some little bastard starts in with the "trust no one" and "Hey, wasn't that your daddy there? Are you son of cigarette-smoking man?" and all the rest of it. Juvenile and tiresome.
Guy reaches for my hat, raising his right arm high. I step into the space between his arm and his side, gently knock him off-balance, and grab his wallet as he hits the pavement.
Pull out his ID.
"I got your name now." Throw his crap back at him, step over him and off to hail a cab with my date.
She thought it was the coolest thing a nerd could ever do. And I think it was.
(Post-script: I wrote a three page letter to Chris Carter, 20th Century Fox, and the Lowes Theatre company demanding a refund for the film , on the grounds of deceptive advertising and false labelling of goods in commerce. It wasn't a movie, it was a crappy season finale.)
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:31:23pm |
re: #100 windsagio
because the blog isn't full of ignorant racist shitheads anymore?
(and yes I know, "Islam is not a race"
plenty of ignorant shitheads tho
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:31:27pm |
re: #100 windsagio
because the blog isn't full of ignorant racist shitheads anymore?
(and yes I know, "Islam is not a race"
Tell me you did not just call Mandy that.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:31:42pm |
re: #103 albusteve
Just not so many racist ones anymore :D
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:31:49pm |
re: #100 windsagio
because the blog isn't full of ignorant racist shitheads anymore?
(and yes I know, "Islam is not a race"
You don't mean Mandy?
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:31:59pm |
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reine.de.tout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:32:06pm |
re: #22 darthstar
Bill Maher, a manhattan...Friday night is just right.
I do remember when the movie White Dog came out...I was disgusted then.
I never heard of that movie. I thought they dubbed in the dialogue, but watching it, it didn't looked dubbed. Must have been a really really awful movie.
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wee fury Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:32:19pm |
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:32:22pm |
re: #102 Guanxi88
The X-files move and the final two Matrix movies should come with reparations.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:32:25pm |
re: #100 windsagio
because the blog isn't full of ignorant racist shitheads anymore?
(and yes I know, "Islam is not a race"
Because maybe Charles's policy from the beginning was to hope that sanity would prevail, that heavy moderation wasn't needed, and that people would just do the right thing without being told?
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:32:59pm |
re: #106 Walter L. Newton
re: #104 Racer X
I have better sense than to say that.
To put it more clearly, before there was a strong anti-anything-islam bias amongst the posters.
Most of those people are now gone, so the people that knew it would be a waste of time to speak up before feel more comfortable doing it now...
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:33:52pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:34:04pm |
re: #95 MandyManners
If you wanted me to change it, why didn't you tell me earlier? You have my e-addy.
I have had this avatar for years.
Why is it suddenly bad?
Because I really do trust people to think for themselves, unless it becomes clear that they can't.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:34:09pm |
re: #99 Obdicut
[Link: www.somethingawful.com...]
SomethingAwful guide and anti-guide to SXSW.
This weekend is the Film and Interactive portions. Artistes and Geeks. Slackers, Pros, and A&R people arrive for the music fest Thursday.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:34:09pm |
re: #89 windsagio
Obdi and I covered it, its a genre of music.
Of course, then the post sounds like is should have a story behind it.
God, that King Crimson song is still going on. It does come to an end eventually, right? lol
Some more prog :
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:34:13pm |
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:34:30pm |
Just got back from watching "Alice". Pretty cool flick. A little dark but cool. Depp was in a zone as usual.
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RogueOne Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:34:47pm |
I was suckered. I am in a dive in the middle of BFE full of production nerdx and rednecks. For a bonus the band white people playimg bad classic rock and awful hillbilly music. I've beem forced to mingle. Please come shoot me.
PLAY SOME SKYNARD! WHOO!
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:34:58pm |
Speaking of movies about mean white dogs, one of the best movies I've ever seen is a 1989 French film called "Baxter". It was out of print for the longest time, but apparently the distribution rights were recently bought by some distributor that didn't have the slightest idea what the movie was about, and they re-packaged it as a sort of Cujo-esque horror flick, which is absolutely is not.
I've seen it about a zillion times, and I'm still not sure what it's actually about. Sometimes I think it's a commentary on sociopaths. Other times I think it's a commentary on Vichy France and its sympathizers. Maybe it's just a story about a [very fucked-up] boy and his dog.
Anyway, if you like black comedy (and I don't mean of the Will Smith variety) and are either fluent in French or don't mind reading subtitles for two hours, check out "Baxter".
/Some call me crazy; others don't call me at all
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:35:00pm |
re: #59 Guanxi88
Good point. As a teacher, I was never afraid of telling kids they failed. I just made sure I explained to them that they failed because they didn't apply themselves...not because they were losers.
I had two classes of International Baccalaureate Freshman English classes (and two Senior English classes) when I was a teacher. My other class was 'the losers'...Freshmen who were considered the mulch that fertilized the rest of the population. I taught honors curriculum to all of them...the IB kids and the transient population. Half way through the first quarter, one of the kids in my 'regular' freshmen asked me why they were reading The Aeneid while the rest of their friends were reading Of Mice and Men. Only the IB kids read that. I told them that there was no difference between them and the kids in the IB program, and that they could (and did) understand the material as well as anyone else. I also told them that, if everyone in the class showed me a C average in ALL of their classes at the end of the first quarter (no Ds or Fs allowed), I'd buy them all pizza.
Guess what? They did it (with one exception, one kid got a D in PE). Sadly, they gave me another IB class two weeks before the quarter ended, and I lost that class...but I still honored my promise and gave them a pizza party(best 60 bucks I ever spent). Two of them went on to join the IB program their sophomore year.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:35:08pm |
re: #83 darthstar
Given that Meg Whitman has the personal appeal of a rotting seal on a beach, I'm guessing the primaries here in California will be quite interesting. I mean Meg, come on! Calling a press conference and then refusing to answer questions? Not a good idea.
Huh, I did not hear about that. I was kind of rooting for her, actually.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:35:15pm |
re: #116 Jimmah
God, that King Crimson song is still going on. It does come to an end eventually, right? lol
Some more prog :
[Video]
The song never ends thus it progressively drives you crazy.
/
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:35:23pm |
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:35:47pm |
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:37:13pm |
If you are making love it is Imperative to bring all bodies to orgasm simultaneously.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:37:17pm |
Please note:
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:37:20pm |
re: #97 wee fury
Pabst Blue Label . . . was an ok beer.
PBR is what I call "festival beer"...it's cheap, you throw it into a styrofoam ice chest, and when you crawl out of your tent at 7am still drunk from the night before, reach blindly into the squeaky chest, and feel around for a can, you find that PBR is better than anything else on the planet for starting your day.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:37:55pm |
re: #127 windsagio
If you are making love it is Imperative to bring all bodies to orgasm simultaneously.
This has been another Inappropriate Public Service Announcement from windsagio.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:38:07pm |
re: #123 Slumbering Behemoth
Huh, I did not hear about that. I was kind of rooting for her, actually.
Have you seen her on TV? She looks (and acts) like Nurse Ratchett from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:38:55pm |
re: #114 Charles
Because I really do trust people to think for themselves, unless it becomes clear that they can't.
Are you saying that the criticism I've recieved for my avatar is somehow coming from you?
Honest to goodness, Charles. I don't know. I am not trying to be an idiot.
Until tonight, I've not had one iota of proof that you disapproved of my avatar.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:38:58pm |
re: #127 windsagio
If you are making love it is Imperative to bring all bodies to orgasm simultaneously.
Ladies first. It's a simple (well, not all that simple, but still good) rule to live by.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:39:01pm |
re: #126 Obdicut
I think these guys are the inheritors of Prog:
Beautiful song, too.
[Video]
One of my favorites back in the day...
Not straight ahead progressive rock. Lots of fusion.
Former members:
Morris Pert
John Giblin
Phil Collins
Robin Lumley
Percy Jones
Mike Clark
John Goodsall
Franz Pusch
Kris Sjobring
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:39:16pm |
re: #130 Guanxi88
haha sorry its from that thing Jimmah put up.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:39:21pm |
re: #119 Racer X
Just got back from watching "Alice". Pretty cool flick. A little dark but cool. Depp was in a zone as usual.
The original by Lewis Carroll is pretty dark, too, if you read it as an adult. I recommend the annotated version by Martin Gardner.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:39:47pm |
re: #128 Charles
Please note:
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
The haters are out in full force. Kudos to RightWingConspirator and researchnok for standing and fighting them.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:39:51pm |
re: #116 Jimmah
THOU SHALT NOT disparage King Crimson, even jokingly. The power of Fripp compels you!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:40:17pm |
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:40:19pm |
re: #129 darthstar
PBR is what I call "festival beer"...it's cheap, you throw it into a styrofoam ice chest, and when you crawl out of your tent at 7am still drunk from the night before, reach blindly into the squeaky chest, and feel around for a can, you find that PBR is better than anything else on the planet for starting your day.
Once more for clarity, Simpler Times Lager, 6.2% Alcohol / Volume, $2.99 per six pack at Trader Joes. PBR is for trustafarian alchies.
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wee fury Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:40:41pm |
If we did a group hug -- we would probably get a label.
/football huggers
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:40:47pm |
re: #132 MandyManners
Are you saying that the criticism I've recieved for my avatar is somehow coming from you?
Honest to goodness, Charles. I don't know. I am not trying to be an idiot.
Until tonight, I've not had one iota of proof that you disapproved of my avatar.
You're pissing on "God's name"...not Arabic for god, but god himself. It's the same Christian god that you worship. Of course it's offensive. Most of us just ignore it (or at least try). It really doesn't do you any favors, Mandy...in all seriousness.
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darthstar Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:41:14pm |
re: #139 negativ
THOU SHALT NOT disparage King Crimson, even jokingly. The power of Fripp compels you!
Robert Fripp is a guitar god.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:41:17pm |
re: #107 The Sanity Inspector
I vote grimace.
Semi-OT, but related in a holiday way:
Sinn Fein Leaders Demand Year-Round Shamrock Shake Availability
The Irish Republican Army announced Monday that it will embark on the most aggressive campaign of violence in its history if McDonald's Shamrock Shakes are not made available year-round.
"The Shamrock Shake is a frosty, minty symbol of all that we hold dear," said Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing. "It is shameful that we as a people cannot enjoy this proud, symbolic beverage any more than one week a year."
"Unless the British government loosens its iron grip on this most Irish of shakes," Adams continued, "the streets will once again run red with English blood."
[...]
In a videotaped statement from an IRA safehouse somewhere near Belfast, Uncle O'Grimacey, the most radical member of the Grimace family, demanded the immediate loosening of Shamrock Shake restrictions throughout Northern Ireland. "Release the shakes to us at once," O'Grimacey said, "or the lives of your children will be forfeit."McDonald's shake representative Grimace was quick to distance himself from his IRA-member uncle. "All shakes in their time is my watchword, and certain flavors all year," Grimace said. "O'Grimacey is a radical Grimace acting without the approval of the McDonald's corporation."
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:41:19pm |
re: #137 Dark_Falcon
I burned out on the DM thread. Too much of the crazy.
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Petero1818 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:41:27pm |
re: #83 darthstar
Given that Meg Whitman has the personal appeal of a rotting seal on a beach, I'm guessing the primaries here in California will be quite interesting. I mean Meg, come on! Calling a press conference and then refusing to answer questions? Not a good idea.
Meg may have hired Ari Fleisher just like Tiger.
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:42:03pm |
re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
Trolls are tasty, but they're awful high in bad cholesterol.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:42:10pm |
re: #132 MandyManners
Are you saying that the criticism I've recieved for my avatar is somehow coming from you?
Honest to goodness, Charles. I don't know. I am not trying to be an idiot.
Until tonight, I've not had one iota of proof that you disapproved of my avatar.
You have it now.
re: #128 Charles
Please note:
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:42:23pm |
I don't think Mady's avatar should be a problem. Blasphemy is an important part of free speech in a modern secular society. Especially over the past few years we've seen Islam's violent reaction against offenses to their god. I've blasphemed against Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and atheism. I think it's important.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:42:33pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:42:41pm |
re: #141 goddamnedfrank
Once more for clarity, Simpler Times Lager, 6.2% Alcohol / Volume, $2.99 per six pack at Trader Joes. PBR is for trustafarian alchies.
when I drink beer, it's high grav...otherwise, what's the point?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:43:34pm |
re: #131 darthstar
Have you seen her on TV? She looks (and acts) like Nurse Ratchett from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
"Looks", sure. "Acts"? Not seeing it.
Besides, if she can do for Cali what she did for eBay, everyone should be stoked.
/easier said than done, yes, but I can dream
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:44:03pm |
re: #132 MandyManners
Mandy, you're a nifty person. You remind me of Granny Weatherwax. So I mean it in the best possible way when I say:
Your Avatar isn't really very you, at least, not in the way I've gotten to know you through LGF.
First of all, it's using the art of an absolutely wonderful artist and good man in a way that he would hate and abhor.
Second of all, it's tone-deaf to any form of tolerance.
It just doesn't seem like you to me. It's shocking every time I force myself to register its existence.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:44:20pm |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
I don't think Mady's avatar should be a problem. Blasphemy is an important part of free speech in a modern secular society. Especially over the past few years we've seen Islam's violent reaction against offenses to their god. I've blasphemed against Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and atheism. I think it's important.
I cannot stand it. It really made me think twice when I first started lurking. As I've said before, I still joined. But it was not a good "welcome mat". Sorry.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:44:33pm |
re: #144 darthstar
You're pissing on "God's name"...not Arabic for god, but god himself. It's the same Christian god that you worship. Of course it's offensive. Most of us just ignore it (or at least try). It really doesn't do you any favors, Mandy...in all seriousness.
Not to mention the link to the BBC Charles just posted. Just as with that hideous nickname for Corrie that was used for years on the left to smear LGF as a 'hate site', and is now being used by haters on the right, people are using that avatar to smear LGF.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:44:57pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:45:09pm |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
I don't think Mady's avatar should be a problem. Blasphemy is an important part of free speech in a modern secular society. Especially over the past few years we've seen Islam's violent reaction against offenses to their god. I've blasphemed against Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and atheism. I think it's important.
Pissing on Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity [which you apparently think does not include Catholicism], and atheism is one thing.
Pissing on the Name of God is another - whether you believe in God or not.
It's offensive to a lot of people and makes the blog look bad, especially the part about it being in Arabic.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:45:32pm |
re: #95 MandyManners
If you wanted me to change it, why didn't you tell me earlier? You have my e-addy.
I have had this avatar for years.
Why is it suddenly bad?
Geez, Mandy, pissing on a Chevy or a Ford or a Dodge is one thing. But pissing on God?
Get a grip. If I had known what it was prior to this, I would have been up your nose big time.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:45:39pm |
re: #156 Stanley Sea
I cannot stand it. It really made me think twice when I first started lurking. As I've said before, I still joined. But it was not a good "welcome mat". Sorry.
Understood. Everyone has an opinion on these things.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:45:44pm |
re: #156 Stanley Sea
I cannot stand it. It really made me think twice when I first started lurking. As I've said before, I still joined. But it was not a good "welcome mat". Sorry.
Agreed.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:45:55pm |
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MandyManners Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:46:01pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:46:31pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:46:45pm |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
I don't think Mady's avatar should be a problem. Blasphemy is an important part of free speech in a modern secular society. Especially over the past few years we've seen Islam's violent reaction against offenses to their god. I've blasphemed against Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and atheism. I think it's important.
^Exactly This!
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:47:09pm |
I have a Kewl Green Football avatar...I dig it
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:47:25pm |
re: #126 Obdicut
I think these guys are the inheritors of Prog:
Beautiful song, too.
[Video]
I like it - shades of progressive things in there within an overall 'indie pop' sound. Which brings me to My Bloody Valentine:
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:47:27pm |
re: #165 SanFranciscoZionist
Now, that could be taken a couple different ways...
Stole it from Locker. :p
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:47:38pm |
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:47:39pm |
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wee fury Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:47:53pm |
re: #153 albusteve
when I drink beer, it's high grav...otherwise, what's the point?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:48:13pm |
re: #83 darthstar
Given that Meg Whitman has the personal appeal of a rotting seal on a beach, I'm guessing the primaries here in California will be quite interesting. I mean Meg, come on! Calling a press conference and then refusing to answer questions? Not a good idea.
I don't know. In one corner we have Governor Moonbeam, the oldest crankiest liberal to ever wear boxing shorts.
In the other, we have Meg, doing the Queen of the World routine, Carly, with the Demon Sheep...Poizner hasn't done anything crazy yet, but he's also not done anything very visible.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:48:57pm |
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Jadespring Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:49:01pm |
Hey all. Here's a funny story.
So I'm lounging on the couch watching tv and eating a bowl of hot pasta. Just as I was raising the fork to my mouth I get a burning stab on my chest. I figure that somehow I slopped a bit of hot sauce off the fork. Well it hurts really bad so down goes the bowl and I pull open the neck of my shirt to get at the splotch to stop the burning. I look and...nothing. Where did it...OMG...hornet! The thing is crawling around the inside of my shirt! So I pull the shirt away from my skin and start cursing and swearing and just generally freaking out. The thing starts crawling towards my armpit as I'm trying to work my way out of the shirt and not get stung again. Hubby who is upstairs comes racing down to see me have in and half out of my shirt and yelling "Get it off! Get it off" He doesn't know what the heck is going on and stands there looking rather dumbfounded.
So I finally get the shirt off and chuck it on the couch. "It's a hornet. I got stung." My chest is burning by now so I run into the bathroom to get the sting cream while hubby set about searching my shirt for the kill smush. By the time I get back the deed is done. Hubby is standing there holding the shirt and I'm standing there naked with sting cream smeared all over the chest and looking quite perturbed. He looks at me and starts laughing, "I guess this means that spring is really here."
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:49:04pm |
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:49:36pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:49:36pm |
re: #26 MandyManners
And, as Empress of the Entire Freakin' Universe, I command all to ignore the really shitty grammar in No. 25.
Snatches trophy from Mandy & runs off into the darkness, cackling!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:49:57pm |
Can I interject for a moment... what is all this "prog" stuff?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:50:25pm |
re: #112 windsagio
re: #104 Racer X
I have better sense than to say that.
To put it more clearly, before there was a strong anti-anything-islam bias amongst the posters.
Most of those people are now gone, so the people that knew it would be a waste of time to speak up before feel more comfortable doing it now...
Which is why I've struggled to keep my mouth shut as this debate has raged on. If I didn't have anything to say when I would have been piledrivered into oblivion, why should I have anything to say now?
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:50:26pm |
Eating pork ribs, drinking wine. Thinking of crab ravioli for tomorrow night.
/No offense to those offended
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:50:42pm |
re: #179 Walter L. Newton
Can I interject for a moment... what is all this "prog" stuff?
It's us assholes. From the other side, you know.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:50:58pm |
re: #12 Dark_Falcon
Yum. I'll get the bag of charcoal ready. Thankfully, we have fewer trolls right now, since I can't afford many troll roast now.
Uh, Oh. I think I missed some not good news.
((({{{DF}}})))
MAJOR HUGS.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:51:04pm |
re: #168 Jimmah
I love them. My favorite song being Nothing Much To Lose.
If you liked Stereolab, check out the much-more-prog Mercury Rev:
Though you might know them already.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:51:08pm |
re: #95 MandyManners
For the record (because obviously my opinion is of the utmost importance), I'm not terribly offended by your avatar. I don't think it's necessarily HELPFUL in the Big Scheme of Things. I mean, it's the close cousin of "Marg-bar Amreeka!", for one thing. But human nature is human nature, and you've never claimed to be here to help.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:51:08pm |
re: #179 Walter L. Newton
Depending on who you ask, its a genre of drug influenced rock from the 70s (generally with high technical skill) or its a slur on lefties!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:51:35pm |
re: #183 Stanley Sea
It's us assholes. From the other side, you know.
I'm looking at my asshole... the other side, I still don't see my prog?
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:51:49pm |
re: #180 SanFranciscoZionist
There are some advantages to having come in post-purge :p
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:52:18pm |
re: #184 Floral Giraffe
Uh, Oh. I think I missed some not good news.
((({{{DF}}})))
MAJOR HUGS.
Check upthread, but otherwise please leave it for now. I need to relax right now, as I had a very bad week.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:53:18pm |
re: #176 Slumbering Behemoth
Advertise what?
Pissing on God as an expression "free speech"?
((Of course, I'm not politically correct enough to mention "hate speech".))
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:53:18pm |
re: #187 windsagio
Depending on who you ask, its a genre of drug influenced rock from the 70s (generally with high technical skill) or its a slur on lefties!
Oh... as in "progressive." First off, I thought "progressive" has valid usage among some people on the left. Second, if it's a slur, why is anyone using it?
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:53:26pm |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
I don't think Mady's avatar should be a problem. Blasphemy is an important part of free speech in a modern secular society. Especially over the past few years we've seen Islam's violent reaction against offenses to their god. I've blasphemed against Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and atheism. I think it's important.
Quoted, in agreement. And, because I think it is important.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:53:53pm |
re: #189 windsagio
There are some advantages to having come in post-purge :p
Absolutely. Well, I checked it out at election time & said naaah. RSMcCain post brought me for good.
BUT, it's the 2-sided thingy that makes it work. I love getting quietly pissed off in the mornings!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:54:30pm |
re: #181 Killgore Trout
Eating pork ribs, drinking wine. Thinking of crab ravioli for tomorrow night.
/No offense to those offended
Heck, I can't have any, so you may as well.
Heck, give me the wine. If I'll drink it when my father pours it, I may as well drink it when you do.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:55:02pm |
re: #177 windsagio
I thought you'd love those!
I misjudged you man!
my grandmother and mother were painters, my oldest sister makes pottery and studies ceramics, my ex wife and best friend is a painter...my son draws...I carve and make stuff out of wood...my daughter minored in photography and now is special events director at a major midwestern......art museum!
I hate art
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:55:16pm |
re: #190 Dark_Falcon
Check upthread, but otherwise please leave it for now. I need to relax right now, as I had a very bad week.
*BIG OLE SMOOCHIES*
And a wedgie, to help you forget!
And, Look, a beer!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:55:36pm |
Wow... I was over at the Dunbarton Oaks website, and most of the free research publications that they had available for years are now only available for money.
Glad I got the stuff I wanted years ago. Their guide to Byzantine coinage is the best.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:56:01pm |
re: #185 Obdicut
I love them. My favorite song being Nothing Much To Lose.
If you liked Stereolab, check out the much-more-prog Mercury Rev:
[Video]Though you might know them already.
Sounds like Supertramp, Genesis and Yes all being played at the same time - but in a good way, if that's possible.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:56:13pm |
I have no problem with blasphemy. Blaspheme all you want.
I'm just saying: when the world is watching everything that happens here, you might want to choose your battles more carefully. And you might want to consider that it isn't only your reputation at stake, and that it's my real name that's out there on the Internet.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:56:18pm |
re: #180 SanFranciscoZionist
Which is why I've struggled to keep my mouth shut as this debate has raged on. If I didn't have anything to say when I would have been piledrivered into oblivion, why should I have anything to say now?
Not so sure about that SFZ, all due respect.
Maybe easy for me to say, as when I joined here it was already easier to be sort of 'out' as a liberal, thanks to people like you, marjorie, and avanti....but it's important to say what we think is right, no? Even if we didn't always say it?
Personal example: despite my general combative attitude here in many ways, certain subjects I avoid. Certain subjects I'll only talk about on a a thread involving a post about them, like criminal trials, like torture. It's gotten a bit easier to do so as time goes on, but I definitely wouldn't think that having been silent in the past on something (not that I was, exactly) abrogates my right (and even my duty) to speak up on topics forever.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:56:20pm |
OK, back to the flower show.
Y'all be nice, or be REALLY mean!
See you soon!
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:56:41pm |
re: #181 Killgore Trout
Eating pork ribs, drinking wine. Thinking of crab ravioli for tomorrow night.
/No offense to those offended
blasphemous pig eater...
baby backs?
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:57:23pm |
Frogs and trogs live happily in bogs.
Dogs and progs prefer to play on blogs.
Frogs hop happily around,
While trogs in their caves hunker huffily down.
Progs and dogs see things as rosy,
And want all of us to be just as cozy.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:58:21pm |
re: #192 Walter L. Newton
Oh... as in "progressive." First off, I thought "progressive" has valid usage among some people on the left. Second, if it's a slur, why is anyone using it?
Prog is used by wingnuts on stalker sites. It is a mystery why anyone here would use it. Some of us 'progressives' have chosen to mock the term prog and self-apply it, as a reaction to those who intend it to mean "Obama voter" or "liberal" and have no other idea about what it means.
This lesson in snark was brought to you by PBS and Alinsky and paid for by a grant from the Soros Foundation.
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:58:33pm |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:58:46pm |
I hereby inflict King Crimson upon you (blame Jimmah)
Red (1974)
Elephant Talk (1981)
Discipline
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:58:47pm |
re: #188 Walter L. Newton
I'm looking at my asshole... the other side, I still don't see my prog?
stick your head up there and you will BE a prog
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:59:06pm |
re: #199 Jimmah
They have a lot of variety amongst their songs, too. Compare that one to this one:
A friend of mine is convinced that Oasis basically ripped off Mercury Rev and just redid their sound in a super poppy way. I don't agree, but I get what he means.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:59:07pm |
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:59:17pm |
re: #205 iceweasel
Prog is used by wingnuts on stalker sites. It is a mystery why anyone here would use it. Some of us 'progressives' have chosen to mock the term prog and self-apply it, as a reaction to those who intend it to mean "Obama voter" or "liberal" and have no other idea about what it means.
This lesson in snark was brought to you by PBS and Alinsky and paid for by a grant from the Soros Foundation.
Clever boots.
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Petero1818 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:59:24pm |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
I don't think Mady's avatar should be a problem. Blasphemy is an important part of free speech in a modern secular society. Especially over the past few years we've seen Islam's violent reaction against offenses to their god. I've blasphemed against Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and atheism. I think it's important.
While I respect your position I would say that just because we can, does not mean we should. The cartoons drawn conveyed an important message about how god's name was being used by many devotees. I am not sure the Avatar in question has the same aims,or equally valid aims.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:59:28pm |
re: #191 austin_blue
Pissing on God as an expression "free speech"?
((Of course, I'm not politically correct enough to mention "hate speech".))
Why would I need to advertise that? It is what it is. Piss Christ, the Dutch cartoons, it's all the same to me. Which gets more death threats is the only difference I see.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 7:59:51pm |
re: #187 windsagio
Depending on who you ask, its a genre of drug influenced rock from the 70s (generally with high technical skill) or its a slur on lefties!
prog...I love it
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:00:12pm |
re: #201 iceweasel
Not so sure about that SFZ, all due respect.
Maybe easy for me to say, as when I joined here it was already easier to be sort of 'out' as a liberal, thanks to people like you, marjorie, and avanti...but it's important to say what we think is right, no? Even if we didn't always say it?Personal example: despite my general combative attitude here in many ways, certain subjects I avoid. Certain subjects I'll only talk about on a a thread involving a post about them, like criminal trials, like torture. It's gotten a bit easier to do so as time goes on, but I definitely wouldn't think that having been silent in the past on something (not that I was, exactly) abrogates my right (and even my duty) to speak up on topics forever.
I hear you. And I've said what I think about this in the past...just holding back a bit.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:00:17pm |
re: #205 iceweasel
Prog is used by wingnuts on stalker sites. It is a mystery why anyone here would use it. Some of us 'progressives' have chosen to mock the term prog and self-apply it, as a reaction to those who intend it to mean "Obama voter" or "liberal" and have no other idea about what it means.
This lesson in snark was brought to you by PBS and Alinsky and paid for by a grant from the Soros Foundation.
Got it. I just wasn't aware of the what the shortened form was all about, didn't recognize it.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:00:40pm |
We can blaspheme???
THE COWBOYS SUCK!
SO DOES THE NFL!
Neat.
:)
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:00:43pm |
As Jimmah said here recently, he knows some Progressive Scottish Muslim friends whom he'd like to invite to contribute here.
I'd like to see that too.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:01:02pm |
OK, nobody move!
Here's an alternate avatar for Mandy.
Maintains the tradition while being specific.
(Sorry Obdicut -- it's another Calvin)
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:01:11pm |
re: #218 Varek Raith
We can blaspheme???
THE COWBOYS SUCK!
SO DOES THE NFL!
Neat.
:)
And NASCAR is for knuckledraggers!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:01:31pm |
re: #205 iceweasel
Prog is used by wingnuts on stalker sites. It is a mystery why anyone here would use it. Some of us 'progressives' have chosen to mock the term prog and self-apply it, as a reaction to those who intend it to mean "Obama voter" or "liberal" and have no other idea about what it means.
This lesson in snark was brought to you by PBS and Alinsky and paid for by a grant from the Soros Foundation.
My experience of 'progressive', prior to starting to see it used here, is that a certain type of farther-left-than-me person uses it to distinguish their politics from go-along-get-along liberals like meself.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:01:36pm |
re: #188 Walter L. Newton
I'm looking at my asshole...
Holy shit, Walter. I had no idea you were that flexible. Yoga?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:01:40pm |
re: #213 Slumbering Behemoth
You ever get any comments on your revision?
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:02:11pm |
re: #217 Walter L. Newton
Got it. I just wasn't aware of the what the shortened form was all about, didn't recognize it.
That's because it genuinely isn't used anywhere but in the deepest cesspits of wingnuttia. Rather a shock to see it used here.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:02:39pm |
re: #224 Slumbering Behemoth
Holy shit, Walter. I had no idea you were that flexible. Yoga?
Colostomy.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:02:49pm |
re: #223 SanFranciscoZionist
My experience of 'progressive', prior to starting to see it used here, is that a certain type of farther-left-than-me person uses it to distinguish their politics from go-along-get-along liberals like meself.
I thought we were talking about the term 'prog'.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:03:04pm |
re: #213 Slumbering Behemoth
Why would I need to advertise that? It is what it is. Piss Christ, the Dutch cartoons, it's all the same to me. Which gets more death threats is the only difference I see.
But not on this web blog!
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:03:45pm |
re: #216 SanFranciscoZionist
I hear you. And I've said what I think about this in the past...just holding back a bit.
I get it. Understandable too.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:03:49pm |
re: #226 iceweasel
That's because it genuinely isn't used anywhere but in the deepest cesspits of wingnuttia. Rather a shock to see it used here.
I use the "long form" a lot in the past, here, but I was well aware of the distinction of where on the left spectrum it was. I never saw the short form used here until recently.
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:03:53pm |
re: #188 Walter L. Newton
I'm looking at my asshole... the other side, I still don't see my prog?
Move your snorkel out of the way.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:04:04pm |
re: #213 Slumbering Behemoth
Why would I need to advertise that? It is what it is. Piss Christ, the Dutch cartoons, it's all the same to me. Which gets more death threats is the only difference I see.
Well, I have a special interest here, because I'm the one who gets the death threats, not the person who's using a pseudonym.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:04:12pm |
re: #192 Walter L. Newton
Oh... as in "progressive." First off, I thought "progressive" has valid usage among some people on the left. Second, if it's a slur, why is anyone using it?
Why is anyone using any political slur upon any faction? Because it feels good and, like most invective, has a savor of retribution to it.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:04:18pm |
re: #200 Charles
I have no problem with blasphemy. Blaspheme all you want.I'm just saying: when the world is watching everything that happens here, you might want to choose your battles more carefully. And you might want to consider that it isn't only your reputation at stake, and that it's my real name that's out there on the Internet.
Agreed. In the end it's your blog and you can do what you want. People have flounced over my blasphemous avatars in the past. There are a lot of considerations with context, bias, perception, etc. However, I'm a fundamentalist when it comes to blasphemy. Bill Donahue and Bin Laden need to be offended, ridiculed and mocked until they learn to live in a world where they don't have ultimate power to kill those who won't submit to their rule. I think it's a pretty important issue.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:04:48pm |
re: #209 Obdicut
They have a lot of variety amongst their songs, too. Compare that one to this one:
[Video]A friend of mine is convinced that Oasis basically ripped off Mercury Rev and just redid their sound in a super poppy way. I don't agree, but I get what he means.
Good song - cheers! Oasis ripped off anything they could get their hands on, of course. They did a good version of "I am The Walrus" though...
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:05:18pm |
re: #226 iceweasel
That's because it genuinely isn't used anywhere but in the deepest cesspits of wingnuttia. Rather a shock to see it used here.
so what's so offensive with the word 'prog'?....because somebody says it is?...is dem offensive?...personally I like donk myself....too much is made of it imo...it's harmless
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:05:19pm |
re: #228 iceweasel
I thought we were talking about the term 'prog'.
That I never saw until I saw it here.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:05:31pm |
re: #203 albusteve
blasphemous pig eater...
baby backs?
Yeah, they were on sale just before the Superbowl. I loaded up. $10 worth of ribs will feed me for more than a week. Nice.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:05:37pm |
re: #220 Gus 802
Well, I'm not Watterson. And it's not like I sit up nights worrying about Mandy's avatar.
The thing is though, you should use a different picture, because Bin Laden totally looks into it in that one.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:05:54pm |
re: #227 Walter L. Newton
Colostomy.
Now if you can only find shoes to match your bag.
(colostomy joke a friend of mine who had to have one used about every twenty minutes)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:05:56pm |
re: #225 Stanley Sea
No one cares. Or nearly no one noticed.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:06:15pm |
re: #235 Killgore Trout
Agreed. In the end it's your blog and you can do what you want. People have flounced over my blasphemous avatars in the past. There are a lot of considerations with context, bias, perception, etc. However, I'm a fundamentalist when it comes to blasphemy. Bill Donahue and Bin Laden need to be offended, ridiculed and mocked until they learn to live in a world where they don't have ultimate power to kill those who won't submit to their rule. I think it's a pretty important issue.
I completely agree. But there's a significant difference between mocking Bin Laden and/or radical Islam, and pissing on an entire religion.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:06:22pm |
re: #233 Charles
Well, I have a special interest here, because I'm the one who gets the death threats, not the person who's using a pseudonym.
Exactly? Why is this under discussion?
Mandy:
Change you damn avatar.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:06:22pm |
re: #240 Obdicut
Well, I'm not Watterson. And it's not like I sit up nights worrying about Mandy's avatar.
The thing is though, you should use a different picture, because Bin Laden totally looks into it in that one.
:) Too late. I just closed PS.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:06:32pm |
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:06:33pm |
re: #219 Cato the Elder
As Jimmah said here recently, he knows some Progressive Scottish Muslim friends whom he'd like to invite to contribute here.
I'd like to see that too.
They're coming in here. Oh yes.
I HOPE EVERYONE WHO DECIDED TO KEEP THEIR ALLAH PISS AVATARS IS FUCKING HAPPY NOW
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Taqyia2Me Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:07:05pm |
re: #200 Charles
I have no problem with blasphemy. Blaspheme all you want.
I'm just saying: when the world is watching everything that happens here, you might want to choose your battles more carefully. And you might want to consider that it isn't only your reputation at stake, and that it's my real name that's out there on the Internet.
THAT means something to me.
*eyes opened*
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:07:24pm |
re: #236 Jimmah
They're talented, definitely. To throw a complete wahooney, do you did the Balkan/Ukranian?
Awesome song.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:07:35pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:07:50pm |
re: #237 albusteve
so what's so offensive with the word 'prog'?...because somebody says it is?...is dem offensive?...personally I like donk myself...too much is made of it imo...it's harmless
I swear, if someone here says rethuglicans or something, we'll get the 'ole "how dare you paint with such a broad brush" bullshit.
Yeah yeah.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:08:29pm |
re: #238 SanFranciscoZionist
That I never saw until I saw it here.
Exactly. You only see it in Greater Wingnuttia. And there it is used to mean 'liberal' and also 'Obama voter'.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:08:33pm |
re: #239 Killgore Trout
Yeah, they were on sale just before the Superbowl. I loaded up. $10 worth of ribs will feed me for more than a week. Nice.
I remember that...I have two loins freezing away I bought at half price...I'll eat any part of a pig, anyday
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:08:53pm |
Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that let him try to blaspheme Odin.
-- G. K. Chesterton
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:09:57pm |
re: #233 Charles
Well, I have a special interest here, because I'm the one who gets the death threats, not the person who's using a pseudonym.
I dig it. Sometimes I forget that. You're #200 helped to sink that in a bit more.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:10:05pm |
re: #237 albusteve
so what's so offensive with the word 'prog'?...because somebody says it is?...is dem offensive?...personally I like donk myself...too much is made of it imo...it's harmless
It's one of those ones that just reflects badly on the user - when you look around the internet at the kind of people who delight in using it, you have to wonder who would want to be associated with them?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:10:08pm |
re: #251 Stanley Sea
I swear, if someone here says rethuglicans or something, we'll get the 'ole "how dare you paint with such a broad brush" bullshit.
Yeah yeah.
progs
dems
repubs
birthers/nirthers...whatever
just let the bullshit go
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:10:29pm |
re: #251 Stanley Sea
I swear, if someone here says rethuglicans or something, we'll get the 'ole "how dare you paint with such a broad brush" bullshit.
Yeah yeah.
Bingo. Imagine if we used Rethug or Repuke. That would never, ever happen here.
hell, I had to explain for months that I used wingnut to mean 'right wing NUT' and NOT republicans, the GOP, or conservatives in general.
Although now the GOP is dominated by wingnuts, alas.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:10:54pm |
re: #256 The Sanity Inspector
Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that let him try to blaspheme Odin.
-- G. K. Chesterton
IT'S A TRAP!
...set by Loki
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:10:55pm |
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Taqyia2Me Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:11:07pm |
re: #259 albusteve
progs
dems
repubs
birthers/nirthers...whatever
just let the bullshit go
The 8 years before the year just past should have taught us all that.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:11:09pm |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:11:16pm |
re: #243 Charles
I completely agree. But there's a significant difference between mocking Bin Laden and/or radical Islam, and pissing on an entire religion.
Sort of but not really. Is my avatar pissing on all of Catholicism/Buddhism/Atheism (depending on which avatar I'm using at the moment).? I'm certainly disgracing the symbols, idols and prophets. That's kind of the whole point of the exercise.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:11:17pm |
re: #246 The Sanity Inspector
That's a very serious matter. Reverts joining the jihad could get many Americans killed. So far we've managed to catch almost all of them before they could bring their plots to fruition (John Allen Mohammad was the exception), but it only takes a small number of them to create mass murder.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:11:43pm |
re: #256 The Sanity Inspector
Blasphemy itself could not survive religion; if anyone doubts that let him try to blaspheme Odin.
-- G. K. Chesterton
Upding for my favorite Catholic humorist, the Prince of the Paradox, Gilbert Keith!
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:11:57pm |
re: #39 Dark_Falcon
I got some help and some good advice. My stomach however was very sour so by the end of the meal I was in great pain. It's better now but I am more determined than ever to find a way to make my father satisfied with me. He deserves to be able to have a chance to feel like his son is finally getting it right and I intend to give him that moment.
Sorry, but I'm going to stick my nose where it doesn't belong.
DF, I know you love your father and want to please him, but it isn't your job as a son to prove anything to him. If you want to 'get it right' do it for yourself. Living your life in an attempt to please someone else just makes it more difficult to get it right, and it makes every perceived failure feel worse than it could possibly be.
If you haven't actually talked to your dad, you may even be wrong about how he feels. If not, and he really is a hard father then that is his problem. You can't let your anxiety control your life.
The best thing you can do is talk to him, tell him you love him and that you want to live up to his standards but the anxiety is making your life difficult. No matter how he reacts, you'll at least know how he feels.
I have a tough father who mellowed as he aged, I am a tough father who mellowed as I aged, so, although I haven't gone through your life, and I wouldn't presume to know how it is, there may be enough similarities that I may be able to help. If you want my email, just ask.
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:12:21pm |
re: #132 MandyManners
Are you saying that the criticism I've recieved for my avatar is somehow coming from you?
Honest to goodness, Charles. I don't know. I am not trying to be an idiot.
Until tonight, I've not had one iota of proof that you disapproved of my avatar.
I know Cato (and others) have really been hammering at you about your avatar as of late, maybe more than I'd be comfortable with. However, having found out what the script means, I'd have to say I agree with them that the avatar is quite disrespectful and it diminishes you to some degree (but Charles has the final say on such matters and I'm only a guest in his house).
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:12:21pm |
re: #263 Gus 802
I'm not sure asking the guy who finds using Calvin alone to be wrong is the right choice for an art critic of Calvin-pissing drawings, really.
Though I'll fight to the death for your right to do so, of course.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:12:25pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:12:52pm |
re: #258 Jimmah
It's one of those ones that just reflects badly on the user - when you look around the internet at the kind of people who delight in using it, you have to wonder who would want to be associated with them?
I don't pay any attention to all that shit...can't relate to presumed associations
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:13:02pm |
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:13:39pm |
re: #243 Charles
I completely agree. But there's a significant difference between mocking Bin Laden and/or radical Islam, and pissing on an entire religion.
... or leaving open the impression that one is pissing generally on all speakers of Arabic, Christians Arabs included.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:13:43pm |
re: #271 Obdicut
I'm not sure asking the guy who finds using Calvin alone to be wrong is the right choice for an art critic of Calvin-pissing drawings, really.
Though I'll fight to the death for your right to do so, of course.
I hear ya'. It's a non-profit endeavor so I think it's OK.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:02pm |
re: #255 albusteve
I remember that...I have two loins freezing away I bought at half price...I'll eat any part of a pig, anyday
Loin can be a great bargain. Safeway puts them on sale sometimes and they'll even slice the loin into chops for free if you take it up to the butcher's window. One or Two chops will see me through a week or more.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:09pm |
re: #262 Varek Raith
IT'S A TRAP!
...set by Loki
Of course its a trap. You ordered me to bring those Interdictor Cruisers to box the Rebels in. We've got their ships cornered, only we caught them against a stellar binary. Bring up the Sun Crusher and finish 'em.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:12pm |
re: #275 goddamnedfrank
... or leaving open the impression that one is pissing generally on all speakers of Arabic, Christians Arabs included.
Which has been one of the major points all along.
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:36pm |
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:41pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:42pm |
re: #256 The Sanity Inspector
Forgive me for saying so, but I think G.K. has a few screws loose. JMO.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:45pm |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
I dunno. There's a difference in attitude. Pissing is kind of unique. It's more unique than piss.
Deep, yo.
I'm all for blasphemous art, outrageous art, etc. However, that doesn't mean that I'd think someone who had an avatar of someone shitting on Mary's face was an okay person. It's just, "Well, the only point of that is to offend people, to say, 'I fucking hate what you are'." That really isn't something I ever, you know, approve of.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:14:58pm |
re: #280 talon_262
Uhh, check your filename, because I think you had a Freudian slip... ;-P
Oops. You're right... darn it.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:15:18pm |
re: #279 Cato the Elder
Which has been one of the major points all along.
That's always been my personal issue with it.
Nothing wrong with blasphemy, per se. We're not Ireland.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:15:19pm |
re: #249 Obdicut
They're talented, definitely. To throw a complete wahooney, do you did the Balkan/Ukranian?
[Video]Awesome song.
Nope - that was fun actually. Seems like a drinking song - speaking of which...
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:15:25pm |
re: #267 Dark_Falcon
That's a very serious matter. Reverts joining the jihad could get many Americans killed. So far we've managed to catch almost all of them before they could bring their plots to fruition (John Allen Mohammad was the exception), but it only takes a small number of them to create mass murder.
And the only way it can be stopped is domestic police and intelligence work. The military is useless.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:15:40pm |
re: #280 talon_262
Uhh, check your filename, because I think you had a Freudian slip... ;-P
Damn, I'm getting old fast...will fix.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:15:54pm |
re: #261 iceweasel
Bingo. Imagine if we used Rethug or Repuke. That would never, ever happen here.
hell, I had to explain for months that I used wingnut to mean 'right wing NUT' and NOT republicans, the GOP, or conservatives in general.Although now the GOP is dominated by wingnuts, alas.
Months.
OK Steve - I'm a letting go!
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:16:16pm |
Holy smoke: Bank worker saved from fire by divine intervention finds Jesus in his frying pan
When Toby Elles fell asleep while cooking a late-night snack, it really was a case of divine intervention that saved his bacon.
The 22-year-old was 'miraculously' woken after an hour as his lounge filled with smoke – and quickly had the revelation that he had left a frying pan on a hob.
While saying his prayers, the bank worker scraped the remains of crispy bacon rashers from the pan, but could not believe the vision that appeared before him - Jesus Christ staring back at him.
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:16:18pm |
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:16:55pm |
re: #291 talon_262
LMAO!
Oh well, I can't delete those. Renamed it an uploaded a new one.
How embarrassing.
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:17:16pm |
re: #70 Obdicut
Hey Dark:
In honor of your troubles, here's a very short story of mine. It's part of a longer work. I hope you enjoy it:
And sometimes the world just comes together. Okay, one time only it came together for me, but it was deeply affecting. Basically:
One of my thousand-and-one random talents is the ability to run down stairs really really really fast. I don't know why, who knows, hard to figure, but I can beat anyone going downstairs. It sounds like machinegun fire when my feet hit down. I also mentally like the idea of going downstairs, especially underground, you really feel like you're getting somewhere, you know? Okay, upstairs works too, but it's a different kind of feeling going upstairs, it gets more portentous and bound every moment with every step you take, that pain in your thigh hits you know and you have to say, "Is this shit at the top of these stairs worth it?" and have to have a moment of introspection before you finish off the flight. But downstairs I just fly down, it's like I'm going to run clear out of the world at the bottom or something.
Anyway right, so the serendipity was this:
Remember that night at Franks I told you about? I think I told you about it. Anyway, downtown in San Francisco, out on the streets, I see the guy! The one who stole my hat that night, who was fucking putting it on and grinning as he went out the door. It sucked, and here he was. I was glad my memory was right for once and he was a tiny little rat dude and not a Bighunk McChestgriddle kind of guy, so I could go crazy on him without insurance.
So I was shouting "Hey" immediately and barreling to him, caroming little old Chinese ladies off me (and they totally got where I was coming from, you could tell from the looks in their eyes, this one old modom in a frilly hat number especially, she valued hats and she totally got me) and I must have looked like a white sharkfin ploughing through a sea of Asia because he looked up and saw my anger and did an 'oh shit' and scampered. He ran along the street a bit and I was hitting my stride but honestly thinking fuck because I wasn't really gaining or anything but then the stupidshit bolted down some stairs to the MUNI train station. He bolted down the stairs. I needed to catch up to a dude and he was going down the stairs. It was so good I almost screwed it all up by getting overexcited but my mind and body dodged that and I just clicked and went into my "I am a robot designed to run down stairs" mode and I machine-gunned down and it was fucking perfect so perfect that when I caught up to him and grabbed him around the shoulders I wasn't even mad anymore I was laughing like a bastard and he got so scared from that he like went a bit faster and I caught up AGAIN and he went like "Gah" and fell forwards and I passed him while he pinwheeled down the last five steps and I turned around to watch him plant his face like a failed flower into the harsh concrete and I said, "Beat you."
That was barfaliciously funny.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:17:23pm |
re: #264 Taqyia2Me
The 8 years before the year just past should have taught us all that.
so the word cops are on the loose?...I don't insult people without intension, and using prog is not that intension...this stuff moves across the net faster than I care to keep up...if the word has evolved into some oblique insult, maybe people should blow it off and disavow the cred you give your enemies...if not where will it end?....every word will insult somebody...neener, neener
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MisterCookie Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:17:24pm |
If someone with a time machine went back to 2004 and told me this would be the future of the party, I would have a breakdown. How the hell could we let this happen?
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:17:49pm |
re: #296 MisterCookie
If someone with a time machine went back to 2004 and told me this would be the future of the party, I would have a breakdown. How the hell could we let this happen?
Apathy?
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:17:53pm |
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:18:36pm |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
Sort of but not really. Is my avatar pissing on all of Catholicism/Buddhism/Atheism (depending on which avatar I'm using at the moment).? I'm certainly disgracing the symbols, idols and prophets. That's kind of the whole point of the exercise.
One major difference I can see right away is that your avatar isn't pissing. Another is that you do not hypocritically demand respect for one religion while pissing on another. When people do that, it's just religious bigotry, and Mandy's avatar is about as simple and blatant an example of that as you'll find.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:18:47pm |
re: #270 talon_262
I know Cato (and others) have really been hammering at you about your avatar as of late, maybe more than I'd be comfortable with. However, having found out what the script means, I'd have to say I agree with them that the avatar is quite disrespectful and it diminishes you to some degree (but Charles has the final say on such matters and I'm only a guest in his house).
if Mandy changes her avatar, she'd be doing me a personal favor too....maybe Cato would shut the hell up....hi Cato!
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:18:48pm |
re: #297 Varek Raith
Concentration on short-term gain, plus believing in a lot of misconceptions about liberals?
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:19:02pm |
re: #237 albusteve
so what's so offensive with the word 'prog'?...because somebody says it is?...is dem offensive?...personally I like donk myself...too much is made of it imo...it's harmless
I'll let fly with "progg" myself from time to time, if confronted with a particularly irksome example of leftwing idiocy or malevolence in the news (or if I think of such an example from history). I hope I've shown I can communicate an opinion clearly without resorting to much name-calling, and this is not a hill I care to die on. But with so much other abuse flying about I don't see why I should sit bound and gagged. "Don't dish it out if you can't take it" is a playground lesson most people learn early on.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:19:21pm |
re: #285 iceweasel
That's always been my personal issue with it.
Nothing wrong with blasphemy, per se. We're not Ireland.
Oh, James Joyce took care of Ireland's blasphemy problem. He's now a national hero.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:20:02pm |
re: #282 Slumbering Behemoth
Forgive me for saying so, but I think G.K. has a few screws loose. JMO.
He was a great lover of argument by paradox.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:20:07pm |
Everything looks weird in 16 bit color mode...
Stupid media player classic...or Vista...or both.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:20:09pm |
re: #287 austin_blue
And the only way it can be stopped is domestic police and intelligence work. The military is useless.
On that point, I don't think you'd get an aruement even from many wingnuts. An American detained on American soil clearly is entitled to the full panoply of Constitutional rights, and I want her to get them. Then I want her convicted and sent to prison for life. I've got no tolerance for those who plot murder. She turned her back on her country and all that it has given her, so it should give her a lifetime stay in maximum security (women don't get supermax).
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jaunte Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:20:38pm |
Here's a good cartoon avatar:
Image: premonition027.jpg
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:20:45pm |
re: #302 The Sanity Inspector
Well, there are actual good, decent people who are progressives, though. I know one of them here in San Francisco, Quintin Mecke, who is a tireless advocate for the homeless and works to keep the city honest about the conditions in the homeless shelters. You may or may not think that we're doing the right thing about the homeless, but Quintin makes sure that, in the programs we have for them, nobody grafts, nobody takes advantage of them, and they're treated with dignity and respect.
He's a progressive. He's a 'prog'. And he's a great man and I'm honored to know him.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:21:07pm |
Oh hai stalkers!
I hope you're getting a lot of good new material from this thread! I'll be anxiously awaiting the first post taking advantage of it.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:21:45pm |
re: #187 windsagio
Depending on who you ask, its a genre of drug influenced rock from the 70s (generally with high technical skill) or its a slur on lefties!
Calling "Prog" drug-influenced rock is off the mark. Of course many well-known prog musicians got into drugs, but in general they became shitty, hired Phil Collins, and soon devolved into Top 40.
You can't get away with trying to play things like King Crimson's "Three of a Perfect Pair" or Gentle Giant's "Free Hand" while in a sloppy state from your favorite trendy chemical amusement aid. Frank Zappa wasn't "prog", but he was infamous for firing his band members at the drop of a hat if he caught them high or drunk. That type of music requires a lot of discipline (hence the King Crimson album called "Discipline") and you just can't deliver it if you're intent on living the Otis Campbell lifestyle.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:22:18pm |
re: #307 jaunte
I like it! My husband now takes mine seriously. He's told me "if you ever get one of those with a plane I'm getting on..."
It happens very rarely.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:22:23pm |
re: #268 Cato the Elder
Upding for my favorite Catholic humorist, the Prince of the Paradox, Gilbert Keith!
I always loved his puncturing the pretensions of the consciously offensive: "The man who says 'I suppose I am quite the heretic', and then looks round for applause."
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:22:49pm |
re: #309 Charles
Oh hai stalkers!
I hope you're getting a lot of good new material from this thread! I'll be anxiously awaiting the first post taking advantage of it.
OH HAI STALKERS!
I HOPE URE GETTIN LOT OV GUD NEW MATRIAL FRUM DIS THREAD! ILL BE ANXISLY AWAITIN TEH FURST POST TAKIN ADVNTAG OV IT.
:)
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:23:04pm |
re: #277 Killgore Trout
Loin can be a great bargain. Safeway puts them on sale sometimes and they'll even slice the loin into chops for free if you take it up to the butcher's window. One or Two chops will see me through a week or more.
I usually make stews or keep them for a cookout...either way most of it gets shared...I should freeze more food I guess...I have plenty of Beef-O-Roni otherwise
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:23:07pm |
re: #313 The Sanity Inspector
And yet he respected atheists enormously-- because he loved paradox.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:23:13pm |
re: #290 Racer X
That ain't Jesus. That's the homeless dude who always bums change offa me at the liquor store. I'd recognize him anywhere.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:23:26pm |
re: #310 Obdicut
One of my first instances of being disappointed in the artist while liking the art. There was a TV show, "My World, and Welcome To It" based on him.
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:23:39pm |
re: #266 Killgore Trout
Sort of but not really. Is my avatar pissing on all of Catholicism/Buddhism/Atheism (depending on which avatar I'm using at the moment).? I'm certainly disgracing the symbols, idols and prophets. That's kind of the whole point of the exercise.
I dig what Charles is saying...with the GOP sliding further into right-wing nut oblivion by the moment, sites like LGF that oppose the bad craziness are getting scrutinized more and more by the krazees (primarily on the right nowadays, but on the left as well) looking for ammo to say that we're hypocrites. liars, or worse.
Charles' name is on the line with every post we make...there's no need to give the batshit krazees on both ends of the political spectrum any more ammo to smear us with.
LGF: The site that still fact-checks your ass and a sane island in an ocean of shit...
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:23:42pm |
re: #290 Racer X
Holy smoke: Bank worker saved from fire by divine intervention finds Jesus in his frying pan
When Toby Elles fell asleep while cooking a late-night snack, it really was a case of divine intervention that saved his bacon.
The 22-year-old was 'miraculously' woken after an hour as his lounge filled with smoke – and quickly had the revelation that he had left a frying pan on a hob.
While saying his prayers, the bank worker scraped the remains of crispy bacon rashers from the pan, but could not believe the vision that appeared before him - Jesus Christ staring back at him.
Everyone can be famous today! Holy crap, he did that art himself.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:24:04pm |
re: #285 iceweasel
That's always been my personal issue with it.
Nothing wrong with blasphemy, per se. We're not Ireland.
Exactly, now I want an avatar of Crotchpants McFlightsuit snorkeling L Ron Hubbard.
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jaunte Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:24:04pm |
re: #312 prairiefire
I also like this one about the perils of overwork:
Image: sandwich.jpg
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JonathanD Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:24:28pm |
all:
Samuel Fuller's film White Dog is a movie about the intractable nature of nurture's grasp over that of nature. Unfortunately, this was one of his last films and folks called it and him a racist. Everyone should try and give this gem a look. The ending has quite a hook and it will stick with you. Some of the African American actors in it tried over the decades to support this film but no one cared to revisit the decided wisdom of the talking heads.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:24:36pm |
I think it's late enough to post some Siouxsie: Cities in Dust
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:25:05pm |
re: #321 goddamnedfrank
Exactly, now I want an avatar of Crotchpants McFlightsuit snorkeling L Ron Hubbard.
Whoa, man...waaayyy too much info!
;)
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:25:38pm |
re: #125 windsagio
ohh hawkwind?
gotta spam this again:
[Video]Freakin' progs and their drugs
I loved Hawkwind.
Still have one of their albums on vinyl.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:26:02pm |
re: #316 Obdicut
And yet he respected atheists enormously-- because he loved paradox.
I would have loved to have attended his traveling debates with George Bernard Shaw.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:26:10pm |
re: #299 Jimmah
One major difference I can see right away is that your avatar isn't pissing.
I could work on that.
Another is that you do not hypocritically demand respect for one religion while pissing on another.
You're more than welcome to bring that up when she complains about Christian blasphemy.
When people do that, it's just religious bigotry, and Mandy's avatar is about as simple and blatant an example of that as you'll find.
It just doesn't bother me. I'm an atheist and I consider people like Hitch and Dawkins as anti-religious bigots sometimes. Everybody has their own perspective.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:26:30pm |
My girl told me the other day "Mama, I'm a Rock And Roller now." I said that's good because we have all these CD's. She raised one eyebrow and thought "Yes, but are they crap CD's?"
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:26:39pm |
re: #303 Cato the Elder
Oh, James Joyce took care of Ireland's blasphemy problem. He's now a national hero.
Well, you do remember the thread here about Ireland's blasphemy law?
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
And i love Joyce, of course.
Shout-out to others who might not know: go google for Joyce's (previously) lost erotic letters to norah. On the web. Beautiful and raunchy, but, uh, -- fetish city. No link. A lovely and not (very) offensive excerpt:
Nora, my faithful darling, my seet-eyed blackguard schoolgirl, be my whore, my mistress, as much as you like (my little frigging mistress! My little fucking whore!) you are always my beautiful wild flower of the hedges, my dark-blue rain-drenched flower.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:27:13pm |
re: #295 albusteve
so the word cops are on the loose?
There you go, Steve, insulting all the Law Enforcement Officers of the world by abbreviating the word "copper". Tsk tsk.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:27:46pm |
re: #315 albusteve
Beef-O-Roni iz fascist capitalist food like product! Revolt!
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jaunte Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:28:10pm |
re: #328 Killgore Trout
The only avatar argument that really works for me is that Charles winds up taking the hits for what we anonymous commenters say or show.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:28:15pm |
re: #302 The Sanity Inspector
I'll let fly with "progg" myself from time to time, if confronted with a particularly irksome example of leftwing idiocy or malevolence in the news (or if I think of such an example from history). I hope I've shown I can communicate an opinion clearly without resorting to much name-calling, and this is not a hill I care to die on. But with so much other abuse flying about I don't see why I should sit bound and gagged. "Don't dish it out if you can't take it" is a playground lesson most people learn early on.
I'm gonna use it regularly now to enhance my reputation as a mean, insulting political bully....donks! is so yesterday and I think the progs like being called donks now
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:29:12pm |
re: #317 Slumbering Behemoth
That ain't Jesus. That's the homeless dude who always bums change offa me at the liquor store. I'd recognize him anywhere.
You better give him some money.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:29:15pm |
re: #334 albusteve
Proggy, Prog, prog, dude. I know I am but what are you?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:29:18pm |
re: #309 Charles
Oh hai stalkers!
I hope you're getting a lot of good new material from this thread! I'll be anxiously awaiting the first post taking advantage of it.
circle the wagons!....incoming!
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:29:52pm |
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:29:54pm |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:29:58pm |
re: #333 jaunte
The only avatar argument that really works for me is that Charles winds up taking the hits for what we anonymous commenters say or show.
Agreed, it's his call. The "free speech" argument doesn't hold up on a privately owned blog.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:31:14pm |
re: #317 Slumbering Behemoth
That's Odin, testing your hospitality and generosity.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:32:31pm |
re: #290 Racer X
Holy smoke: Bank worker saved from fire by divine intervention finds Jesus in his frying pan
When Toby Elles fell asleep while cooking a late-night snack, it really was a case of divine intervention that saved his bacon.
The 22-year-old was 'miraculously' woken after an hour as his lounge filled with smoke – and quickly had the revelation that he had left a frying pan on a hob.
While saying his prayers, the bank worker scraped the remains of crispy bacon rashers from the pan, but could not believe the vision that appeared before him - Jesus Christ staring back at him.
I'm still, always, curious how people know exactly what Jesus (or Mary or whoever) looked like, which they would have to know in order to "know" that their bacon or sandwich or whatever looks like Jesus or Mary or whoever.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:32:54pm |
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wee fury Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:33:33pm |
I'll just use the term . . . people.
Except, for those on this blog -- you could be a very dexterous Panda, for all I know.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:33:37pm |
re: #324 Jimmah
I think it's late enough to post some Siouxsie: Cities in Dust
[Video]
what's with the insulting, commercialized usage of a noble Native American Indian tribe like that?...I'm insulted and hope you don't post any more outrageous links like that...it's an insult
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bratwurst Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:33:44pm |
re: #302 The Sanity Inspector
Seems a lot of clerical folks disagree with your stance on "social justice":
Mormons, other Christians decry Glenn Beck comments on social justice
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:34:28pm |
re: #342 reine.de.tout
It would be awesome if it was actually the burnt image of Methuselah or something.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:34:57pm |
re: #335 Racer X
You better give him some money.
I always do, when I can spare it. I can't stand seeing someone who is both down on their luck and sober.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:34:58pm |
re: #345 albusteve
Steve, you've got a pickle up your arse again.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:35:19pm |
re: #331 Slumbering Behemoth
There you go, Steve, insulting all the Law Enforcement Officers of the world by abbreviating the word "copper". Tsk tsk.
I tells ya...
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reine.de.tout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:35:28pm |
re: #347 Obdicut
It would be awesome if it was actually the burnt image of Methuselah or something.
Oh, my!
I laughed out loud at that!
I am so going to hell . . .
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:35:44pm |
re: #340 Killgore Trout
Agreed, it's his call. The "free speech" argument doesn't hold up on a privately owned blog.
It's exactly like a newspaper or any other place. They don't have a 'duty' to leave up all speech anymore than they have a 'duty' to publish every letter to the editor.
If someone spraypaints Obama is HITLER! on my house you better believe I'm taking it off, just like they don't have a 'right' to erect a nirther sign on my lawn.
Start your own blog, spray paint your own house. I'm not infringing on their free speech when I refuse to let my name or my property sponser theirs.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:35:56pm |
re: #351 reine.de.tout
"Damn Christians can't interpret omens worth a squat. I want to work with the Jews again!"
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MittDoesNotCompute Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:36:01pm |
re: #321 goddamnedfrank
Exactly, now I want an avatar of Crotchpants McFlightsuit snorkeling L Ron Hubbard.
Now that's just f**king disrespectful...you might not have liked W or what he did in office, but he doesn't deserve to be thrown in with that megalomanical grifting thug L. Ron Hubbard, IMO. Hubbard has afflicted the world with the world's first "religion" to have been planned from the start to be run like the f**king Mafia....
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:36:03pm |
re: #330 iceweasel
Shout-out to others who might not know: go google for Joyce's (previously) lost erotic letters to norah.
And then read the eponymous biography of Nora [sp!] by Brenda Maddox, which completely explodes the myth that she was just a ditzy Galway grrl who didn't know what she was getting into.
She knew Joyce for what he was and loved him through thick and thin. And he was not an easy man to be married to. Many's the time Sam Becket had to bring him home drunk in a Parisian taxi. Her daughter was a hopeless schizophrenic and her son a hopeless alcoholic, and she maintained the family as best she could. She learned multiple languages and dialects just by picking them up around the places her impecunious husband dragged her to. And when Joyce died and was about to be buried at Friedhof Fluntern in Zurich, and friends recommended a decent Catholic funeral for appearances' sake, she said simply, "I couldn't do that to him."
She knew how to stand by her Jim.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:36:11pm |
re: #308 Obdicut
Well, there are actual good, decent people who are progressives, though. I know one of them here in San Francisco, Quintin Mecke, who is a tireless advocate for the homeless and works to keep the city honest about the conditions in the homeless shelters. You may or may not think that we're doing the right thing about the homeless, but Quintin makes sure that, in the programs we have for them, nobody grafts, nobody takes advantage of them, and they're treated with dignity and respect.
He's a progressive. He's a 'prog'. And he's a great man and I'm honored to know him.
Yes, we all admire doers like that. I've known them myself, some rather famous. We don't all admire people who merely assume their own wonderfulness as a given, and then use their self-congratulation as their guide in damn near ruining people's lives. Just for example.
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doubter4444 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:36:20pm |
re: #55 Dark_Falcon
I lost my job. They were reducing headcount at my store and let me go with no severance for a baloney "reason" (though my best friend thinks he can get me some).
You live in So Cal?
Or further south, if i recall.
If you are in the LA area, let me know, I'll see if i can help.
Relax for the weekend, and my nic will be blue on Monday.
Take care.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:36:49pm |
re: #328 Killgore Trout
You're more than welcome to bring that up when she complains about Christian blasphemy.
Which she does frequently, and I've been doing. I think I can comment on it at other times too.
It just doesn't bother me. I'm an atheist and I consider people like Hitch and Dawkins as anti-religious bigots sometimes. Everybody has their own perspective.
That's true - here is mine. There are two things that bother me about that avatar:
1) Mandy's hypocrisy in demanding respect for HER god
2) It's off-putting to decent posters, especially to any Arab or muslim posters who might register here. I wouldn't expect a Jew to feel comfortable on a forum where people were - unchallenged - pissing on the Star of David in their avatars. The same goes for any faiths, especially I would say, those held by minorities.
Also, as Charles has said, when people do things like that it just gives the stalkers ammo. Whichever way you look at it, it's not too smart.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:36:52pm |
re: #340 Killgore Trout
Agreed, it's his call. The "free speech" argument doesn't hold up on a privately owned blog.
I really have a hard time with free speech when the speech in my eyes is bigoted. Yes, it's free, but no, I don't want it around me, and I will speak up against it.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:36:54pm |
re: #340 Killgore Trout
Agreed, it's his call. The "free speech" argument doesn't hold up on a privately owned blog.
Charles has spoken (and I agree)....I hope there is a change made and that particular issue dropped
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:37:09pm |
re: #357 The Sanity Inspector
What on earth does that case have to do with progressives, though? Where the hell is the connection?
Progressives aren't really into political correctness.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:37:21pm |
re: #342 reine.de.tout
I'm still, always, curious how people know exactly what Jesus (or Mary or whoever) looked like, which they would have to know in order to "know" that their bacon or sandwich or whatever looks like Jesus or Mary or whoever.
To me, most of those "spiritual graffiti" things look more like Rob Zombie than anyone else.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:37:35pm |
re: #342 reine.de.tout
I'm still, always, curious how people know exactly what Jesus (or Mary or whoever) looked like, which they would have to know in order to "know" that their bacon or sandwich or whatever looks like Jesus or Mary or whoever.
Right. There are 6,692,030,277 people in this world. They're not all cooking bacon on a frying pan but I'm sure that from those who are you'll find an image of a Porsche 911 in some of those frying pans.
/
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:38:13pm |
re: #363 Slumbering Behemoth
To me, most of those "spiritual graffiti" things look more like Rob Zombie than anyone else.
HAHAHAHA! That's the name I was looking for! Lol, did your read my mind or something???
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:38:30pm |
Man finds image of hair dryer in his toast.
1000s flock to his home!
Film @ 11.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:38:34pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:38:48pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:38:49pm |
re: #296 MisterCookie
If someone with a time machine went back to 2004 and told me this would be the future of the party, I would have a breakdown. How the hell could we let this happen?
The GOP ran out of ideas in 2005 and has not really taken the time to think about how to govern. Instead its become all about fighting the left. here's a CNN article that illustrates the point:
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reine.de.tout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:38:54pm |
re: #354 Obdicut
"Damn Christians can't interpret omens worth a squat. I want to work with the Jews again!"
You gotta quit it!
I'm now doomed to 2 terms in hell
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:39:05pm |
re: #367 Gus 802
Man finds image of hair dryer in his toast.
1000s flock to his home!
Film @ 11.
There's gotta be an Onion piece on this...
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:40:39pm |
re: #356 Cato the Elder
P.S. In that bio, some of Nora's "dirty" letters to Jim have been recovered. Oh, my, the things married people get up to!
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:40:42pm |
re: #355 talon_262
I'm not so sure it was all Hubbard's idea. They kept his dead body out at sea for months, cooking the whole thing up. Also, I think he might not have been in his right mind towards the end. I followed it all in Omni magazine:[Link: seventyseveneightytwo.blogspot.com...]
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:41:07pm |
re: #372 Varek Raith
There's gotta be an Onion piece on this...
Why is it always a bearded Jesus. You think someone would find a pre-bearded Jesus on their toast like when he was in his early teens.
/
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:41:27pm |
re: #370 Dark_Falcon
I've been wondering what the GOP is actually going to campaign on, what they say they'll actually do, rather than not do.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:41:30pm |
re: #363 Slumbering Behemoth
To me, most of those "spiritual graffiti" things look more like Rob Zombie than anyone else.
I've always figured Jesus looked more like Woody Allen than Ted Nugent.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:41:56pm |
re: #375 Gus 802
I think like half my toast is a picture of Jesus from the back.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:42:00pm |
re: #341 Obdicut
That's Odin, testing your hospitality and generosity.
Bah! Fie upon Odin. I'd rather have a deity that tests my mettle.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:42:05pm |
re: #374 prairiefire
I'm not so sure it was all Hubbard's idea. They kept his dead body out at sea for months, cooking the whole thing up. Also, I think he might not have been in his right mind towards the end. I followed it all in Omni magazine:[Link: seventyseveneightytwo.blogspot.com...]
He was ever in his right mind?
You do know that his hatred of psychiatry stemmed from an evaluation he got from a military shrink, right?
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reine.de.tout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:42:10pm |
re: #364 Gus 802
Right. There are 6,692,030,277 people in this world. They're not all cooking bacon on a frying pan but I'm sure that from those who are you'll find an image of a Porsche 911 in some of those frying pans.
/
re: #367 Gus 802
Man finds image of hair dryer in his toast.
1000s flock to his home!
Film @ 11.
And of course, we've all seen things in clouds. Haven't we?
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:42:32pm |
re: #358 doubter4444
You live in So Cal?
Or further south, if i recall.
If you are in the LA area, let me know, I'll see if i can help.
Relax for the weekend, and my nic will be blue on Monday.
Take care.
I live in the Chicago area. But if you have any contacts out my way, feel free to drop me a line. My nic is blue for this post.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:42:38pm |
re: #381 reine.de.tout
I really don't know clouds at all.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:42:42pm |
re: #373 Cato the Elder
P.S. In that bio, some of Nora's "dirty" letters to Jim have been recovered. Oh, my, the things married people get up to!
Norah was a very dirty girl.
I love her. Of course.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:42:46pm |
re: #381 reine.de.tout
And of course, we've all seen things in clouds. Haven't we?
All the time. Used to be a pastime.
...and stars.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:43:30pm |
re: #376 Obdicut
I've been wondering what the GOP is actually going to campaign on, what they say they'll actually do, rather than not do.
fiscal responsibility?....nah
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:44:09pm |
re: #386 albusteve
They'll probably use that phrase, but without, you know, actually demonstrating how they plan to go about achieving it.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:44:14pm |
re: #382 Dark_Falcon
I live in the Chicago area. But if you have any contacts out my way, feel free to drop me a line. My nic is blue for this post.
travel light amigo...it's a big country
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Jadespring Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:44:45pm |
I have a pic I'd like to use for an avatar but can't get it small enough.
Anyone know and easy way to do it?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:45:01pm |
re: #387 Obdicut
They'll probably use that phrase, but without, you know, actually demonstrating how they plan to go about achieving it.
Bush pretty much blew up that whole concept, what was left of it
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:45:07pm |
re: #220 Gus 802
OK, nobody move!
Here's an alternate avatar for Mandy.
Maintains the tradition while being specific.
(Sorry Obdicut -- it's another Calvin)
calvinobama.jpg - I see what you did there; 'tis ugly.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:45:18pm |
re: #350 albusteve
BTW, I do see it from your side. Prog/Progressive, Cop/Copper, it's petty crap to get your panties twisted over an abbreviation.
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:45:23pm |
re: #389 Jadespring
I have a pic I'd like to use for an avatar but can't get it small enough.
Anyone know and easy way to do it?
Cold shower.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:45:38pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:45:40pm |
re: #384 iceweasel
Norah was a very dirty girl.
I love her. Of course.
Don't confuse Nora Joyce with Norah Jones. Very different styles of dirtyness.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:45:50pm |
re: #391 negativ
It was a typo, he explained and reposted. Can't delete the other, though.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:46:05pm |
re: #389 Jadespring
I have a pic I'd like to use for an avatar but can't get it small enough.
Anyone know and easy way to do it?
There's some info in LGF tips on it. Or use imageshack and choose resizing option.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:46:20pm |
'Night, have an early 80s bonbon.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:46:25pm |
re: #380 Cato the Elder
Ok. It just seemed that, from what I read a lonnngg time ago, that the whole industry of Scientology was engineered with Hubbard being more of figurehead. Cold stone dead in the freezer of a yacht.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:46:38pm |
re: #393 Slumbering Behemoth
BTW, I do see it from your side. Prog/Progressive, Cop/Copper, it's petty crap to get your panties twisted over an abbreviation.
just don't call me a crip
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:47:05pm |
re: #388 albusteve
travel light amigo...it's a big country
No car, so i can't really leave the area without an offer. If I had to relocate for a good job, I would.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:48:50pm |
re: #366 Varek Raith
HAHAHAHA! That's the name I was looking for! Lol, did your read my mind or something???
Nah, we probably just listen to the same bands.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:49:04pm |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:49:05pm |
re: #402 albusteve
just don't call me a crip
How many Bloods have you capped?
(not a snitch; just curious)
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:49:22pm |
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:49:48pm |
Charles, if you can please rename those links to the avatars I made for Mandy. Here are the renamed links...
If not it might be the birth of a conspiracy of sorts. If not maybe it would be best to delete them. I had a senior moment and named them "obama..." rather than "osama..."
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:49:58pm |
re: #404 Dark_Falcon
No car, so i can't really leave the area without an offer. If I had to relocate for a good job, I would.
there you have it...you can steal a car easy
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:50:38pm |
re: #409 Gus 802
Charles, if you can please rename those links to the avatars I made for Mandy. Here are the renamed links...
[Link: img534.imageshack.us...]
[Link: img683.imageshack.us...]
If not it might be the birth of a conspiracy of sorts. If not maybe it would be best to delete them. I had a senior moment and named them "obama..." rather than "osama..."
Don't feel too bad, you're not the first to do so!
:)
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:50:56pm |
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:51:06pm |
re: #408 albusteve
and think about your ex...
[Link: www.commentbuddy.com...]
Whoa!
Now I know why you are single.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:51:25pm |
re: #371 reine.de.tout
You gotta quit it!
I'm now doomed to 2 terms in hell
I'll do your bid for ya, I got connections there anyway.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:51:34pm |
re: #411 Varek Raith
Don't feel too bad, you're not the first to do so!
:)
I know. Ted Kennedy used to do that all the time. Today I've been typing oddly all day. Lack of sleep and my shoulder/neck is killing me.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:51:53pm |
re: #342 reine.de.tout
I'm still, always, curious how people know exactly what Jesus (or Mary or whoever) looked like, which they would have to know in order to "know" that their bacon or sandwich or whatever looks like Jesus or Mary or whoever.
Well, as the Daily Mail article says, the picture in the pan has the 'distinctive beard and long hair of the Son of God'.
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bratwurst Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:51:54pm |
re: #411 Varek Raith
Don't feel too bad, you're not the first to do so!
:)
I was going to say, if the late Ted Kennedy did so then pretty much ANYONE should get a pass for this particular slip-up.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:52:53pm |
more Joni...someone will relate
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:53:37pm |
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:53:49pm |
re: #360 Stanley Sea
I really have a hard time with free speech when the speech in my eyes is bigoted. Yes, it's free, but no, I don't want it around me, and I will speak up against it.
That's just exercising your right to free speech.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:54:06pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:54:13pm |
re: #416 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, as the Daily Mail article says, the picture in the pan has the 'distinctive beard and long hair of the Son of God'.
LOOOL
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:54:43pm |
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doubter4444 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:54:52pm |
re: #244 austin_blue
Exactly? Why is this under discussion?
Mandy:
Change you damn avatar.
That's not your call.
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:54:56pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:55:01pm |
re: #420 albusteve
"she was cute when I married her"
"Went to bed at 2 with a 10 and woke up at 10 with a 2."
-Willie Nelson
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:55:49pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:56:13pm |
re: #402 albusteve
just don't call me a crip
The only thing I'll call you is an asshole, and it would be in the form of a compliment coming from a fellow asshole.
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Aye Pod Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:56:53pm |
re: #334 albusteve
and I think the progs like being called donks now
I'm sure they're just putting a brave face on it, steve - they're probably devastated inside every time they hear it/
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:56:56pm |
re: #429 Slumbering Behemoth
The only thing I'll call you is an asshole, and it would be in the form of a compliment coming from a fellow asshole.
Fuck off!
:)
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:57:05pm |
re: #401 prairiefire
Ok. It just seemed that, from what I read a lonnngg time ago, that the whole industry of Scientology was engineered with Hubbard being more of figurehead. Cold stone dead in the freezer of a yacht.
Nope. He did it on a bet, essentially. He figured out that the way to make real money was to start your own religion, not be a second-rate sci-fi author. He did what Vonnegut's fictional sci-fi author Kilgore (one-L) Trout would have done if he'd had the wit.
I'm still working on mine, but so far a revival of god-emperors with praetorian guards and German legionaries to protect them doesn't seem to be drawing in the masses.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:57:08pm |
re: #380 Cato the Elder
He was ever in his right mind?
You do know that his hatred of psychiatry stemmed from an evaluation he got from a military shrink, right?
Cato knows his clams.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:57:19pm |
re: #426 Racer X
Dude.
hey racer-- jimmah and I and I think also df posted downstairs about some tool using your name to spam a recent post about CJ (the one on Dangerous Minds).
No need to worry, everyone knows it's some dirtbag, but just fyi if you missed it.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:57:46pm |
re: #416 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, as the Daily Mail article says, the picture in the pan has the 'distinctive beard and long hair of the Son of God'.
Here's something funny. This is the same guy's Facebook page before he deleted it...
[Link: 74.125.155.132...]
Toby Elles is a fan of:
Celebrities / Public Figures* RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ✯ CHRISTMAS NO.1 2009
So he goes from being a Rage Against the Machine fan with a goatee to the guy that found Bacon-Jesus.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:58:02pm |
re: #429 Slumbering Behemoth
The only thing I'll call you is an asshole, and it would be in the form of a compliment coming from a fellow asshole.
a dying breed....we need to stick together
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WindHorse Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:59:17pm |
Dark Falcon,
imo....
Look at this experience of losing a job as a positive experience. Right now, this is probably the last thing you can imagine.... BUT, having been down the road you are now on, I recommend it.
You are a young guy and you have the rest of your life waiting for you.
Take this opportunity while you have the time to look inward and find out where your passions lie. Buy a book or two that will walk you through the process of self-analysis (ie. aptitude tests). There are lots of them out there.
As an alternative, you could spend some money and take a standardized aptitude test. I did at the Milwaukee Jewish Vocational Center (I googled this place but didn't find it exactly..... this was a long time ago and I may not be remembering the name exactly right...)
Anyway, when I did this, I scored number one in xxxxx. I had never heard of this before. But, I pursued it and have done quite well in xxxxxxx.
Anyway, the point is... use this time you have to your advantage instead of dwelling on the negative side of things. Be positive... You are the one who has the power to change your direction. You have the power to do whatever is necessary to succeed.... more school... whatever...
My best wishes to you.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:59:36pm |
re: #435 Gus 802
So he goes from being a Rage Against the Machine fan with a goatee to the guy that found Bacon-Jesus.
These two things strike you as incompatible? Rage Against The Machine fans are often vegans, I guess, but some of them must like bacon.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:00:25pm |
re: #423 Stanley Sea
Hi, Stanley. Were you the Lizard who said they were married on Grand Cayman Island? I was wondering if it was before or after the hurricane?
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:00:29pm |
re: #435 Gus 802
So he goes from being a Rage Against the Machine fan with a goatee to the guy that found Bacon-Jesus.
Several updings required just for 'finding Bacon-Jesus".
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:00:53pm |
re: #438 WindHorse
Dark Falcon,
imo...
Look at this experience of losing a job as a positive experience. Right now, this is probably the last thing you can imagine... BUT, having been down the road you are now on, I recommend it.
You are a young guy and you have the rest of your life waiting for you.
Take this opportunity while you have the time to look inward and find out where your passions lie. Buy a book or two that will walk you through the process of self-analysis (ie. aptitude tests). There are lots of them out there.
As an alternative, you could spend some money and take a standardized aptitude test. I did at the Milwaukee Jewish Vocational Center (I googled this place but didn't find it exactly... this was a long time ago and I may not be remembering the name exactly right...)
Anyway, when I did this, I scored number one in xxx. I had never heard of this before. But, I pursued it and have done quite well in xxx.
Anyway, the point is... use this time you have to your advantage instead of dwelling on the negative side of things. Be positive... You are the one who has the power to change your direction. You have the power to do whatever is necessary to succeed... more school... whatever...
My best wishes to you.
Thank you for that. I will look into those suggestions.
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Varek Raith Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:01:47pm |
re: #435 Gus 802
So he goes from being a Rage Against the Machine fan with a goatee to the guy that found Bacon-Jesus.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:02:00pm |
re: #416 SanFranciscoZionist
Here's the way my stupid mind works. It doesn't matter what context it is being used in; but ever time I hear the phrase "Son of God"... my mind translates it into John Wayne's voice ala the 1965 movie "The Greatest Story Ever Told".
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:02:08pm |
re: #439 SanFranciscoZionist
These two things strike you as incompatible? Rage Against The Machine fans are often vegans, I guess, but some of them must like bacon.
Didn't know they were vegan. Maybe it was near-bacon. Here he is again on some other site:
[Link: www.namegrab.co.uk...]
Contestant in something called "The Face of 2007." I mean it was obviously a scam to being with but I think I'm seeing a pattern with this guy.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:02:58pm |
re: #313 The Sanity Inspector
I always loved his puncturing the pretensions of the consciously offensive: "The man who says 'I suppose I am quite the heretic', and then looks round for applause."
Chesterton quote for today's raging right:
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:03:11pm |
re: #442 Dark_Falcon
Thank you for that. I will look into those suggestions.
with your free time, you might read John Dillinger's biography for inspiration
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:04:08pm |
re: #440 prairiefire
Hi, Stanley. Were you the Lizard who said they were married on Grand Cayman Island? I was wondering if it was before or after the hurricane?
Yes I was! Before. We saw photos of the hotel we were at - the Casurina - with it's roof torn off.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:04:44pm |
re: #437 albusteve
a dying breed...we need to stick together
I'm thinking if we open up a local Abusement Park, we can get more of our kind together. No discrimination, though. We have to make it understood from the very beginning that we are an Equal Opportunity Annoyer.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:04:53pm |
Small personal note here: FUCK YOOOOOOU, exchange rate!
/that is all.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:05:09pm |
re: #447 albusteve
with your free time, you might read John Dillinger's biography for inspiration
Nah, going down in hail of gunfire doesn't fit my style. I might read it anyway, though.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:05:46pm |
re: #58 Cato the Elder
Or just a thin piece of paper with a target on it.
DF, if you can't afford ammo, let me know your caliber and I'll get the next 50 rounds.
DF,
Paper plates are great cheap targets. If you shoot .38 Special, let me know.
William
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:06:39pm |
re: #448 Stanley Sea
I'm sure you had a lovely tim.
I stayed in a house off of 7 mile beach a couple of times about 30 years ago. It was down the street from where the Barefoot Man lived. Some day I want to take my kids there.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:07:21pm |
re: #450 Slumbering Behemoth
I'm thinking if we open up a local Abusement Park, we can get more of our kind together. No discrimination, though. We have to make it understood from the very beginning that we are an Equal Opportunity Annoyer.
if people are annoyed, they deserve to be imo
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:07:33pm |
re: #451 iceweasel
Small personal note here: FUCK YOOOU, exchange rate!
/that is all.
That means that either you or Jimmah is preparing to take a trip. What's the good word?
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Jadespring Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:07:59pm |
Oh this is driving me crazy. Sooo slooow. I hate dialup.
I think I may just stay a football.
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:08:28pm |
re: #434 iceweasel
hey racer-- jimmah and I and I think also df posted downstairs about some tool using your name to spam a recent post about CJ (the one on Dangerous Minds).
No need to worry, everyone knows it's some dirtbag, but just fyi if you missed it.
Thanks.
In hindsight, I should have picked a nic that was not so common.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:08:42pm |
re: #454 prairiefire
I'm sure you had a lovely tim.
I stayed in a house off of 7 mile beach a couple of times about 30 years ago. It was down the street from where the Barefoot Man lived. Some day I want to take my kids there.
Weddings are great, but ours was of course, the BEST! Actually had someone knock at the door with the marriage certificate, in full regalia, handing me an envelope that said, "By Order of the Crown".
Then we were married on the sand.
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The Left Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:08:49pm |
re: #455 prairiefire
How much does a pound cost today?
%^%$#&!!!
It's 1usd to .658 GBP tonight. Been at or around .666 all week.
#$%^@!
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doubter4444 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:09:06pm |
re: #382 Dark_Falcon
I live in the Chicago area. But if you have any contacts out my way, feel free to drop me a line. My nic is blue for this post.
re: #382 Dark_Falcon
I live in the Chicago area. But if you have any contacts out my way, feel free to drop me a line. My nic is blue for this post.
I did.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:10:13pm |
re: #460 Racer X
Thanks.
In hindsight, I should have picked a nic that was not so common.
my ex called herself Racer X the other day....she bought a new supercharged Mini and copped 6 points in one month
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:10:19pm |
re: #441 iceweasel
Several updings required just for 'finding Bacon-Jesus".
Last time I mentioned "bacon" on the intertubes, someone thoughtfully provided me with video of a (briefly) live pig being decapitated with a chainsaw. Just sayin'.
/can back up my misanthropy with evidence
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Jadespring Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:12:10pm |
Anyone have any experiences with bug sting allergies? I've never had a problem before but this sting is swelling up and I'm feeling a bit wonky in the head. Should I be worried?
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:13:32pm |
re: #462 iceweasel
Hefty weight to those British pounds!/ It's better than 2 years ago or so. I think it was about $1.90 to buy 1 pound. I figure it the converse way.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:14:38pm |
re: #467 Jadespring
Do you have any Benadryl or antihistamine? If your throat starts to feel tight you should probably get some help.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:14:45pm |
re: #467 Jadespring
Anyone have any experiences with bug sting allergies? I've never had a problem before but this sting is swelling up and I'm feeling a bit wonky in the head. Should I be worried?
No idea, repost in new thread?
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:15:47pm |
re: #467 Jadespring
Anyone have any experiences with bug sting allergies? I've never had a problem before but this sting is swelling up and I'm feeling a bit wonky in the head. Should I be worried?
How is your heart beat?
Do you a have a medical help line you can call? If so do it.
The wonky head may just be the result of anxiety, but why take a chance.
What bit you?
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Jadespring Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:16:13pm |
re: #469 prairiefire
Do you have any Benadryl or antihistamine? If your throat starts to feel tight you should probably get some help.
Yeah good idea. I think I have some allergy stuff around here somewhere. My throat seems to be okay right now.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:16:16pm |
re: #467 Jadespring
You probably have Alzheimer's Bubonic Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus AIDS-cancer. I have it, too.
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Jadespring Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:16:39pm |
re: #472 b_sharp
How is your heart beat?
Do you a have a medical help line you can call? If so do it.
The wonky head may just be the result of anxiety, but why take a chance.What bit you?
A hornet.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:17:54pm |
re: #467 Jadespring
Anyone have any experiences with bug sting allergies? I've never had a problem before but this sting is swelling up and I'm feeling a bit wonky in the head. Should I be worried?
yes, sort of, an anaphylactic reaction can kill you
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:18:05pm |
re: #475 Jadespring
Ohh, those can be nasty. Quite a lot of venom in those little suckers. Watch it carefully
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Jadespring Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:19:40pm |
Yeah. I think I'm going to sign off now and go wake hubby up. The sting area is really swelling up now.
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:20:12pm |
re: #479 Jadespring
Yeah. I think I'm going to sign off now and go wake hubby up. The sting area is really swelling up now.
Good.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:20:18pm |
re: #478 b_sharp
Amen. My father in law was attacked by hornets while helping a neighbor with yard work. The Dr.s said he can never get another hornet sting again.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:20:56pm |
re: #467 Jadespring
Anyone have any experiences with bug sting allergies? I've never had a problem before but this sting is swelling up and I'm feeling a bit wonky in the head. Should I be worried?
If you had anything to worry about from your insect encounter, you'd be suffocating by now.
Since you're still alive, read this:
[Link: www.theonion.com...]
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:25:12pm |
re: #479 Jadespring
Yeah. I think I'm going to sign off now and go wake hubby up. The sting area is really swelling up now.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:54:42pm |
re: #467 Jadespring
Anyone have any experiences with bug sting allergies? I've never had a problem before but this sting is swelling up and I'm feeling a bit wonky in the head. Should I be worried?
Oh boy but have I. Where is the bite? If it is on one of your extremities (leg or arm) and you can clearly see a reddish line coming from the bite area along your limb as if it were traveling to your torso, go to the doctor/hospital.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:57:21pm |
re: #459 Jadespring
Oh this is driving me crazy. Sooo slooow. I hate dialup.
Dial-up? Wow. That's still available?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:57:59pm |
re: #479 Jadespring
Yeah. I think I'm going to sign off now and go wake hubby up. The sting area is really swelling up now.
That what you kids are calling it nowadays?
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RogueOne Sat, Mar 13, 2010 4:31:17am |
re: #120 RogueOne
I was suckered. I am in a dive in the middle of BFE full of production nerdx and rednecks. For a bonus the band white people playimg bad classic rock and awful hillbilly music. I've beem forced to mingle. Please come shoot me.
PLAY SOME SKYNARD! WHOO!
I think I need to get my eyes checked.
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