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If you can resist ZOMGItsCriss when she gets serious about science, then mister, you’re a better man than I.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:49:24pm |
Should be good. She's a expert at beating the crap out of creationists.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:51:36pm |
I get more and more impressed with her. I think she's going to be a hell of a scientist, as well as a popularizer of science.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:54:25pm |
re: #2 Obdicut
I get more and more impressed with her. I think she's going to be a hell of a scientist, as well as a popularizer of science.
She has Stephen Hawkings cadence down already. She's a future superstar.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 8:56:00pm |
re: #3 Killgore Trout
Did you mean Stephen Hawkings?
She certainly has command of her subject. She's obviously very energized and happy when talking about science. It's cool. It gives me hope for the future.
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Obdicut Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:03:15pm |
Alright, finacee arriving, time to go have a mini-wake for our friend Charles.
Have a good night, all.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:06:51pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:12:22pm |
I for one couldn't resist her if she babbled in Romanian about $cientology and the benefits of Dianetics.
But then, I'm a dirty old Roman.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:16:47pm |
re: #1 Dark_Falcon
Should be good. She's a expert at beating the crap out of creationists.
She's a one woman eastern-european wrecking crew.
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Racer X Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:17:03pm |
re: #9 b_sharp
I wonder if she's a real blond?
I once knew an Israeli woman who looked very much like this girl. Real blonde.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:17:19pm |
I'm really tired so i'm going to bed now. Thank you to you all for the kind wishes and advice. I greatly appreciate the former and will use the latter as best as I can.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:19:00pm |
Crazies still showing up at Dangerous Minds, like moths to a flame.
[Link: www.dangerousminds.net...]
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:20:51pm |
re: #10 Cato the Elder
I heard you never showed your wife any affection, except for one time, when she was frithgened by thunder.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:20:57pm |
The only problem with the Big Bang is the never-to-be-answered question of "where did the singularity come from?"
And that, my friends, is where God still has room to exist. Like it or not.
Otherwise, it's turtles all the way down, a recursive absurdity, a ridiculous answer to a remarkable question.
Or is it only half-remarkable?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:23:30pm |
re: #15 Charles
Crazies still showing up at Dangerous Minds, like moths to a flame.
[Link: www.dangerousminds.net...]
good grief...nit picking away in the wee hours...is this shit for real?
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Soap_Man Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:23:45pm |
My girlfriend is Romanian. There are a sexy bunch.
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:23:55pm |
Some one should tell her she would have several offers of marriage if she posted on LGF.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:25:02pm |
OT: but interesting. Here's a Hmmm...op ed:
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
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prairiefire Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:25:04pm |
re: #17 Cato the Elder
Yes, that is where He exists. "Out of the darkness.."
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:27:29pm |
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Soap_Man Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:27:58pm |
re: #2 Obdicut
I get more and more impressed with her. I think she's going to be a hell of a scientist, as well as a popularizer of science.
What is her background?
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Soap_Man Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:29:09pm |
re: #22 austin_blue
OT: but interesting. Here's a Hmmm...op ed:
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Saw that earlier. A little too much fawning for my taste, but a good read nonetheless.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:29:48pm |
re: #25 Soap_Man
What is her background?
we would have to ask her to stand and turn around, no !?!?
//
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freetoken Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:30:46pm |
If you can resist ZOMGItsCriss when she gets serious about science, then mister, you’re a better man than I.
As I've mentioned before... I love it when a hot babe with an Eastern European accent sits on her bed and talks dirty science to me...
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:31:33pm |
re: #17 Cato the Elder
The only problem with the Big Bang is the never-to-be-answered question of "where did the singularity come from?"
And that, my friends, is where God still has room to exist. Like it or not.
Otherwise, it's turtles all the way down, a recursive absurdity, a ridiculous answer to a remarkable question.
Or is it only half-remarkable?
Welcome to the Ekpyrotic Universe. This is one of those times when I, as a goy, find Shabbos inconvenient, because Ludwig isn't here and my M.S. coursework just isn't going to help me explain shit.
Of course Ludwig would also ask the obvious follow up question, what caused the two branes to collide?
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:33:17pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:33:19pm |
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freetoken Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:34:02pm |
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
The (now) head of the Perimeter Institute gave a talk a year or so titled "What Banged?", in which he tries to describe such ideas. There is a video online at the Perimeter Institute that you can watch.
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DaddyLawBucks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:34:20pm |
Actually, who cares about her background? She makes a great science teacher, to say the least
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:34:54pm |
re: #33 Cato the Elder
Just shut up and listen to the song in #17, dammitall!
I can't, my wife and grandson are watching old horror movies and I don't want to disturb them.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:34:57pm |
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freetoken Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:35:04pm |
re: #35 daddylawbucks
Some of us care about womens', uh... backgrounds.
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Virginia Plain Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:36:27pm |
I'm still not sure what this song means.
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Soap_Man Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:36:34pm |
re: #35 daddylawbucks
Actually, who cares about her background? She makes a great science teacher, to say the least
Just curious. I wonder if this is something she does professionally (or as a student) or if it was just a hobby of sorts. Either way it wouldn't change my opinion of what she produces.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:36:43pm |
Well, I could sit, rapt, for quite a while, listening to her. Cute and brilliant equals yum! Hence, the beautiful and brilliant woman to whom I am married.
((Just because a dog wears a collar doesn't mean it can't wag its tail.))
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:37:46pm |
re: #17 Cato the Elder
One must then ask where that creator-god came from, and THEN we must ask where the source of that creator god came from, ad infinitum.
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:38:16pm |
re: #41 austin_blue
((Just because a dog wears a collar doesn't mean it can't wag its tail.))
I haven't heard that one. (under a rock I guess) but it's a good one.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:39:01pm |
Well, it appears that the stupid Texas School Board won't have as much influence on the rest of the country as would have been possible in the past...
Thank goodness for small favors... I guess.
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:40:23pm |
re: #38 freetoken
Some of us care about womens', uh... backgrounds.
Everyone cares about women's backgrounds, just for different reasons. Men's reason is quite pointed.
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jaunte Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:40:39pm |
re: #44 Walter L. Newton
That's good. I was hoping earlier that new printing technology would help eliminate some of the problem.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:41:07pm |
re: #44 Walter L. Newton
Well, it appears that the stupid Texas School Board won't have as much influence on the rest of the country as would have been possible in the past...
Thank goodness for small favors... I guess.
Yay! It's just our kids who educated into ignorance!
Yay!
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DaddyLawBucks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:42:01pm |
re: #44 Walter L. Newton
What happens to kids brought up in that slanted school system when they go out into the world, perhaps in a college class, and begin to see the bias of the teaching they got? Does that prime a generation of kids to believe their government lied to them?
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:42:56pm |
re: #37 iceweasel
re: #32 Stanley Sea
Yes you do.
Seconded.
B-sharp, also bookmarked. Good stuff.
You two actually read my blog? Wow.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:43:33pm |
Mandy has left the building.
I hope she comes back.
You know I'll always upding you when you're right, Mandy. Right?
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:44:23pm |
re: #42 negativ
One must then ask where that creator-god came from, and THEN we must ask where the source of that creator god came from, ad infinitum.
I found God in a box of Cracker Jacks. I let him go.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:45:32pm |
re: #47 austin_blue
Yay! It's just our kids who educated into ignorance!
Yay!
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I hope you weren't thinking that I was please with this development? I was simply adding some information to an earlier topic, since there was a lot of discussion on how the Texas decisions effect the rest of the country.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:46:15pm |
re: #51 b_sharp
I found God in a box of Cracker Jacks. I let him go.
I see you shaved... nice... NOT.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:46:17pm |
re: #48 daddylawbucks
What happens to kids brought up in that slanted school system when they go out into the world, perhaps in a college class, and begin to see the bias of the teaching they got? Does that prime a generation of kids to believe their government lied to them?
Yes. They will push back against what they have been told. It's political/social indoctrination.
I weep for may State's children. I hope they can mow lawns, or empty trash barrels.
Or become lawyers, lobbyists or politicians.
Science will be out of the question.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:46:22pm |
re: #49 b_sharp
re: #32 Stanley Sea
Yes you do.
You two actually read my blog? Wow.
i will now! Just checked it out and bookmarked it.
I will comment too, and give you some sign here so you know it's me. (I don't use 'iceweasel' anywhere but here.)
Passing your link to Jimmah and Ludwig too. Update more! :)
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:46:39pm |
re: #48 daddylawbucks
What happens to kids brought up in that slanted school system when they go out into the world, perhaps in a college class, and begin to see the bias of the teaching they got? Does that prime a generation of kids to believe their government lied to them?
there will be plenty of like minded people like that...this is spreading like a wildfire
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:47:58pm |
re: #50 Cato the Elder
Mandy has left the building.
I hope she comes back.
You know I'll always upding you when you're right, Mandy. Right?
Will today been known as the avatar incident?
Come on back Mandy, there'll always be someone you can level with your not inconsiderable wit.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:48:30pm |
re: #55 iceweasel
i will now! Just checked it out and bookmarked it.
I will comment too, and give you some sign here so you know it's me. (I don't use 'iceweasel' anywhere but here.)
Passing your link to Jimmah and Ludwig too. Update more! :)
Seriously... that's not you on KOS? Someone on KOS uses Iceweasel.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:49:08pm |
re: #50 Cato the Elder
Mandy has left the building.
I hope she comes back.
You know I'll always upding you when you're right, Mandy. Right?
I upding Mandy at least once a day.
Hasn't stopped her from downdinging my comments-- even those made in support of her or her own positions.
Just sayin.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:49:41pm |
re: #58 b_sharp
Will today been known as the avatar incident?
Come on back Mandy, there'll always be someone you can level with your not inconsiderable wit.
Or at least tell them what to do with a rope.
Seriously, Mandy. Your early-morning news service is not always amiss, despite my occasional ridicule.
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:49:56pm |
re: #50 Cato the Elder
She can handle it. I mean based upon the stuff she posts, she can handle it.
I will be a very happy NOOB if I see a new avatar.
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DaddyLawBucks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:50:36pm |
re: #58 b_sharp
Forgive me, I just began to hang out here, are there rules for what is an acceptable avatar?
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:51:43pm |
re: #59 Walter L. Newton
Seriously... that's not you on KOS? Someone on KOS uses Iceweasel.
Not me, babe. Iceweasel is a Matt Groening reference and I know of at least three people in the lib-sphere who use it. None of whom are me.
Didn't realise there was one at kos too. lol
It ain't me, babe.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:51:53pm |
re: #63 daddylawbucks
Forgive me, I just began to hang out here, are there rules for what is an acceptable avatar?
yes, Cato makes the Rules
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:52:16pm |
re: #65 iceweasel
Not me, babe. Iceweasel is a Matt Groening reference and I know of at least three people in the lib-sphere who use it. None of whom are me.
Didn't realise there was one at kos too. lolIt ain't me, babe.
Ok... just wondering.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:53:14pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:53:15pm |
re: #67 Walter L. Newton
Ok... just wondering.
Really. I didn't take you for a Kos reader, Walter.
Ok. Just wondering.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:53:18pm |
re: #50 Cato the Elder
Mandy has left the building.
I hope she comes back.
You know I'll always upding you when you're right, Mandy. Right?
Dude, the Avatar, really. Please don't. People pissing on my constitution get my dander up. That *is* the US. Not the flag. Not the pledge. As a young 2nd Lt., I didn't vow to support any political party, the President, or any branch of Congress. I vowed to protect and defend the Constitution against any enemy, foreign or domestic. Please get rid of that shit.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:54:58pm |
Cato, you turd...you should beg for forgiveness...
I'll be waiting
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:55:36pm |
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Soap_Man Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:56:13pm |
re: #61 Cato the Elder
re: #70 austin_blue
Dude, the Avatar, really. Please don't. People pissing on my constitution get my dander up. That *is* the US. Not the flag. Not the pledge. As a young 2nd Lt., I didn't vow to support any political party, the President, or any branch of Congress. I vowed to protect and defend the Constitution against any enemy, foreign or domestic. Please get rid of that shit.
I get what you are going for there, but Blue is right. That avatar is over the line, even though you see it as satire.
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:56:15pm |
re: #55 iceweasel
i will now! Just checked it out and bookmarked it.
I will comment too, and give you some sign here so you know it's me. (I don't use 'iceweasel' anywhere but here.)
Passing your link to Jimmah and Ludwig too. Update more! :)
OK.
Just don't laugh too hard at my poor writing.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:57:28pm |
re: #70 austin_blue
Dude, the Avatar, really. Please don't. People pissing on my constitution get my dander up. That *is* the US. Not the flag. Not the pledge. As a young 2nd Lt., I didn't vow to support any political party, the President, or any branch of Congress. I vowed to protect and defend the Constitution against any enemy, foreign or domestic. Please get rid of that shit.
Bah. Cato has posted an extremely long explanation in both English and Latin about what that avatar means-- and it's right there in his profile.
Bah, I say again.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:58:01pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:58:05pm |
re: #69 iceweasel
Really. I didn't take you for a Kos reader, Walter.
Ok. Just wondering.
I do... stop wondering :)
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:58:09pm |
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:59:02pm |
I see the simpletons are out in force tonight.
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:59:11pm |
Simon Singh, the author of "Big Bang (which Criss is holding in the opening), is having to fight a libel suit against a British chiropractic group that took great exception to him writing an article in (his now former employer) The Guardian that called "bogus" their claims that chiropractic treatments could "help treat children with colic, sleeping and feeding problems, frequent ear infections, asthma and prolonged crying". He's had to devote some much time to his legal defense, he felt it necessary to resign from his science column at The Guardian...bunch of f**king legal bullshit, if you ask me.
It's enough to have caught Congress' attention, according to Wikipedia's quote of a WSJ Europe story:
As a consequence, the U.S. Congress is considering a bill that would make British libel judgments unenforceable in the U.S. ... Mr. Singh is unlikely to be the last victim of Britain's libel laws. Settling scientific and political disputes through lawsuits, though, runs counter the very principles that have made Western progress possible. "The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error," Bertolt Brecht wrote in The Life of Galileo. It is time British politicians restrain the law so that wisdom prevails in the land, and not errors."
Coverage of the story at Ars Technica here...
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:59:38pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:59:40pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:59:45pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 9:59:47pm |
re: #79 Cato the Elder
I see the simpletons are out in force tonight.
we just had our weekly meeting and happened by!
feel better now?
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:00:47pm |
re: #75 iceweasel
Bah. Cato has posted an extremely long explanation in both English and Latin about what that avatar means-- and it's right there in his profile.
Bah, I say again.
Sorry. I must disagree. He might as well be giving me a golden shower, unrequested. There are lines that can't be crossed with those of us who who have served in the military. This is one of them.
Bad Cato!
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:00:51pm |
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:00:55pm |
re: #78 sattv4u2
As SattTV shows, this whole conflict is about alot more than a stupid icon, no matter how awful (altho that's a subject worth tackling on its own anyways).
Its about certain peoples sense of ownership of the blog. I mean once people dared challenge them, all kinds of misbehavior show up.. and not just in the current example.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:01:00pm |
re: #82 iceweasel
and as I have stated in the past ,, he IS the one who should have "THE" say
Once you have stated your offended, then reported that offense
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freetoken Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:01:02pm |
Since this is a Science & Civilization thread...
Poignant book review: The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis by Jeremy Rifkin
Whoever hacked into the emails at the University of East Anglia fired the opening salvo in a new kind of dirty war. The Copenhagen conference met on the basis that dealing with global warming was in everyone's interest. The idea that nearly 200 countries could reach meaningful decisions was always unreal, but the meeting's collapse reflected a more fundamental reality.
Environmentalists have always assumed that the threat of disaster will bring about an era of global cooperation. In reality, climate change is triggering another round of geopolitical conflict. Limiting the use of fossil fuels may be essential if disaster is to be avoided, but countries that in different ways rely heavily on these fuels for their prosperity – such as Russia and Saudi Arabia, China and the US – were never going to accept the strict carbon curbs that the EU and others demanded. How much the leaked emails contributed to the breakdown of the summit is unclear, but the effect has been to let those countries, along with the rest of the world, off the hook. The undermining effect on climate science looks like being long-lasting and profound.
"Climategate" was an exercise in postmodern cyber-warfare – a move in a larger conflict that environmentalists show little sign of understanding.
In The Empathic Civilization, Jeremy Rifkin suggests that the whole of history is a struggle between the polar forces of empathy and entropy.[...]
For all its inordinate length, The Empathic Civilization fails to substantiate its central thesis. The innate sociability of human beings is a fact, but it does not follow that they are likely to cooperate in dealing with environmental crisis. The impact of climate change is rather to intensify human conflict. As global warming accelerates, natural resources such as arable land and water become scarcer, and competition to control them will be acute and pervasive. At the same time, those whose power and wealth come from fossil fuels will do anything they can to promote "climate scepticism".
This is where the leaked emails come in. With global warming fuelling a resurgence of geopolitical tensions, climate science has become a weapon in a war of disinformation. Whatever lapses in intellectual probity they might reveal, the messages are being used to obscure a mass of evidence showing that anthropogenic climate change is real, and may be occurring more rapidly than previously believed. It is still possible to frame an intelligent response to the threat, but first we need to recognise that the climate has become a battleground. Empathy won't save us.
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DaddyLawBucks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:01:56pm |
Ok then! Got the picture on the avatar issue, thank you! Have a good evening guys.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:02:07pm |
re: #87 windsagio
As SattTV shows, this whole conflict is about alot more than a stupid icon, no matter how awful (altho that's a subject worth tackling on its own anyways).
Its about certain peoples sense of ownership of the blog. I mean once people dared challenge them, all kinds of misbehavior show up.. and not just in the current example.
see #88
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:03:06pm |
re: #80 talon_262
PIMF...meant "He's had to devote so much time to his legal defense, he felt it necessary to resign from his science column at The Guardian'
BTW, I think I love Criss... :-)
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:03:06pm |
re: #78 sattv4u2
Dude, was looking for you tonight when my cable guy had to come to the house. (I was r e a c h i n g) Cable keeps going out, losing TV & internet every 5 minutes. Guy changed the splitters outside the house.
I pray tomorrow.
But I thought of you during my ordeal.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:03:39pm |
re: #87 windsagio
As SattTV shows, this whole conflict is about alot more than a stupid icon, no matter how awful (altho that's a subject worth tackling on its own anyways).
Its about certain peoples sense of ownership of the blog. I mean once people dared challenge them, all kinds of misbehavior show up.. and not just in the current example.
heavy duty man...sense of ownership man...far out!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:03:45pm |
Hey... I just stopped by while I was eating a bowl of Special K. Do I need to zap some popcorn?
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:04:16pm |
re: #91 sattv4u2
Thats what makes the sense of ownership so well, strange.
The people who most often appeal to the idea that our host is the only arbitor of what's okay are those who most often try to control others behavior through bullying tactics, or needling, or whatever.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:04:29pm |
re: #88 sattv4u2
and as I have stated in the past ,, he IS the one who should have "THE" say
Once you have stated your offended, then reported that offense
Rubbish. You think it's a good idea to email Charles and bother him about any one poster's stupid behaviour?
Have at it.
The appropriate response is to deal with that issue directly. And hope that people get a goddamn clue.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:04:40pm |
re: #93 Stanley Sea
Dude, was looking for you tonight when my cable guy had to come to the house. (I was r e a c h i n g) Cable keeps going out, losing TV & internet every 5 minutes. Guy changed the splitters outside the house.
I pray tomorrow.
But I thought of you during my ordeal.
Well ,,,, hate to break this to you ,, but I wouldn't have come out to your house today.
Tomorrow ain't lookin any better, btw
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:05:32pm |
re: #86 albusteve
you haven't lived til you get socked by Cato
Which means you haven't lived yet.
Wait till I get to NM!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:05:42pm |
re: #97 iceweasel
Rubbish. You think it's a good idea to email Charles and bother him about any one poster's stupid behaviour?
Have at it.
The appropriate response is to deal with that issue directly. And hope that people get a goddamn clue.
I'm confused again. Are we talking about Mandy's avatar or Cato's avatar?
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:06:18pm |
re: #97 iceweasel
Rubbish. You think it's a good idea to email Charles and bother him about any one poster's stupid behaviour?
Have at it.
The appropriate response is to deal with that issue directly. And hope that people get a goddamn clue.
I'm POSITIVE Charles has seen the objections by people here to the avatar, aren't you?
IF he wanted it gone, it (or she) would have been gone
I was here when he asked her not to use the string of letters she used as the presidents "name" and she complied
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:06:47pm |
re: #96 windsagio
Thats what makes the sense of ownership so well, strange.
The people who most often appeal to the idea that our host is the only arbitor of what's okay are those who most often try to control others behavior through bullying tactics, or needling, or whatever.
They mistake CJ's general hands-off approach and reluctance to curtail speech for an endorsement of their speech.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:07:04pm |
re: #20 prairiefire
Some one should tell her she would have several offers of marriage if she posted on LGF.
I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that she already is married.
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:07:25pm |
re: #98 sattv4u2
Well ,,, hate to break this to you ,, but I wouldn't have come out to your house today.
Tomorrow ain't lookin any better, btw
Ha! Hell, I was looking for "I CAN'T GET ON MY INTERNET" advice. I was freaking out and the customer service at Cox.net is a joke.
Love it that I "know" someone in the biz.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:07:47pm |
re: #101 sattv4u2
I'm POSITIVE Charles has seen the objections by people here to the avatar, aren't you?
IF he wanted it gone, it (or she) would have been gone
I was here when he asked her not to use the string of letters she used as the presidents "name" and she complied
LOL. I guess you missed the posts Charles made tonight to Mandy about how he was hoping she would rethink her avatar on her own.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:07:52pm |
re: #102 iceweasel
I wanted to use 'ironic', but Cato is so damn picky :P
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:08:00pm |
re: #85 austin_blue
Sorry. I must disagree. He might as well be giving me a golden shower, unrequested. There are lines that can't be crossed with those of us who who have served in the military. This is one of them.
Bad Cato!
Piffle. I'm making fun of people who piss on the Constitution. My motto clearly states that. As in, those who do not respect the freedom of religion, and piss on that. As in the idiots who remove Thomas Jefferson from the Texas curriculum.
Was darf Satire? Alles!
--Kurt Tucholsky, commie, murdered by Hitler
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:08:35pm |
re: #104 Stanley Sea
Ha! Hell, I was looking for "I CAN'T GET ON MY INTERNET" advice. I was freaking out and the customer service at Cox.net is a joke.
Love it that I "know" someone in the biz.
seriously though ,, did the splitter issue fix the problem? (who would think such a passive device could screw up so much!)
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:08:41pm |
Hello Night Lizards!
Has the day been mirthful?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:09:17pm |
re: #99 Cato the Elder
Which means you haven't lived yet.
Wait till I get to NM!
bring it on...my Magic Burrito will protect me
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:09:23pm |
re: #75 iceweasel
Bah. Cato has posted an extremely long explanation in both English and Latin about what that avatar means-- and it's right there in his profile.
Bah, I say again.
Actually you insult me. It is not extremely long - at least I hope not.
Lapidary is what I was aiming for.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:10:03pm |
re: #105 iceweasel
LOL. I guess you missed the posts Charles made tonight to Mandy about how he was hoping she would rethink her avatar on her own.
I saw you link to it
(wasn't here when it happened)
Guess you missed the months and months that it's been there! As I stated, when/ if Charles wants it removed, she or it will be gone.
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:10:04pm |
re: #63 daddylawbucks
Forgive me, I just began to hang out here, are there rules for what is an acceptable avatar?
Pretty much anything goes, as long as stupidity and racism are left elsewhere.
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:10:17pm |
re: #107 Cato the Elder
Piffle. I'm making fun of people who piss on the Constitution. My motto clearly states that. As in, those who do not respect the freedom of religion, and piss on that. As in the idiots who remove Thomas Jefferson from the Texas curriculum.
Was darf Satire? Alles!
--Kurt Tucholsky, commie, murdered by Hitler
Funny how it's turned to you now.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:11:55pm |
re: #70 austin_blue
Dude, the Avatar, really. Please don't. People pissing on my constitution get my dander up. That *is* the US. Not the flag. Not the pledge. As a young 2nd Lt., I didn't vow to support any political party, the President, or any branch of Congress. I vowed to protect and defend the Constitution against any enemy, foreign or domestic. Please get rid of that shit.
The context of Cato's avatar is in response to the insanity that took place at the Texas Board of Education today. In this case, it's not Cato that's peeing on the Constitution but the Texas Board of Education.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:12:25pm |
re: #111 Cato the Elder
Actually you insult me. It is not extremely long - at least I hope not.
Lapidary is what I was aiming for.
Oh, I only meant 'extremely long' for the mouthbreathers amongst us.
Not only is it lapidary, it shines like the bluest eyes in texas.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:12:43pm |
re: #113 b_sharp
Pretty much anything goes, as long as stupidity and racism are left elsewhere.
anything goes...especially if you mind your own business
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:12:46pm |
re: #108 sattv4u2
seriously though ,, did the splitter issue fix the problem? (who would think such a passive device could screw up so much!)
We will see......fine so far tonight. Tomorrow mid-day is the question.
Yeah with the simple splitter prob. Guy cost who knows how much, but I didn't think about changing them out before he came.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:12:58pm |
If you all don't stop complaining about avatars, I swear, tomorrow morning, when you all get back on here, my fucking avatar is going to be changed and it's going to be me, NAKED, with my Siberian Husky.
Go ahead... dare me... make my day.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:10pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:17pm |
re: #115 Gus 802
The context of Cato's avatar is in response to the insanity that took place at the Texas Board of Education today. In this case, it's not Cato that's peeing on the Constitution but the Texas Board of Education.
it's only a picture of a piece of paper, not like it's a picture of a word....got it?
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:19pm |
re: #112 sattv4u2
I saw you link to it
(wasn't here when it happened)
Guess you missed the months and months that it's been there! As I stated, when/ if Charles wants it removed, she or it will be gone.
Have fun with that 'argument', sattv. Best of luck.
Should work out reel well for you.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:27pm |
"Free Speech can be a b*tch. "
Is that the vibe I'm getting tonite?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:30pm |
Gonna be a brand new smug around here.
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:35pm |
re: #119 Walter L. Newton
If you all don't stop complaining about avatars, I swear, tomorrow morning, when you all get back on here, my fucking avatar is going to be changed and it's going to be me, NAKED, with my Siberian Husky.
Go ahead... dare me... make my day.
Does that mean we get to see Newton's apple(s)?
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:56pm |
re: #119 Walter L. Newton
If you all don't stop complaining about avatars, I swear, tomorrow morning, when you all get back on here, my fucking avatar is going to be changed and it's going to be me, NAKED, with my Siberian Husky.
Go ahead... dare me... make my day.
*hurls chunks*
;-P
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:14:56pm |
re: #119 Walter L. Newton
Don't do that for free, Walter. Make it a pay site. You'll be rich.
/and if you think no one would pay to see you naked with your dog, you don't know the interwebs
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:15:04pm |
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:15:05pm |
re: #119 Walter L. Newton
If you all don't stop complaining about avatars, I swear, tomorrow morning, when you all get back on here, my fucking avatar is going to be changed and it's going to be me, NAKED, with my Siberian Husky.
Go ahead... dare me... make my day.
You are DARED.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:15:08pm |
re: #118 Stanley Sea
We will see...fine so far tonight. Tomorrow mid-day is the question.
Yeah with the simple splitter prob. Guy cost who knows how much, but I didn't think about changing them out before he came.
no need to have (thought about it, that is)
As stated, it's a passive device (unless you're using powered ones, but those are mostly for commercial applications, not home use)
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Gus Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:15:17pm |
re: #121 albusteve
it's only a picture of a piece of paper, not like it's a picture of a word...got it?
Erm, uh, OK. Thanks "Austin."
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:15:20pm |
re: #119 Walter L. Newton
If you all don't stop complaining about avatars, I swear, tomorrow morning, when you all get back on here, my fucking avatar is going to be changed and it's going to be me, NAKED, with my Siberian Husky.
Go ahead... dare me... make my day.
show me your Husky, and I'll show you my Great Dane
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:16:43pm |
re: #132 albusteve
show me your Husky, and I'll show you my Great Dane
Little old to be playing "show me yours and I'll show you mine", don't you think?
///
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:16:44pm |
re: #95 Walter L. Newton
Hey... I just stopped by while I was eating a bowl of Special K. Do I need to zap some popcorn?
It was raisin bran for me.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:17:13pm |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:17:19pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:17:30pm |
re: #133 talon_262
Never too old for that game, IMO.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:17:34pm |
re: #104 Stanley Sea
The other day, I got on customer support for an appliance. they connected me with a tech. How cool! (I thought).
First question I asked the tech (name was Bill, riiight) and he said, I am not a technician. But I can set up an appointment for one to come out.
An appointment setting technician; Howabout that?
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:17:41pm |
re: #107 Cato the Elder
Piffle. I'm making fun of people who piss on the Constitution. My motto clearly states that. As in, those who do not respect the freedom of religion, and piss on that. As in the idiots who remove Thomas Jefferson from the Texas curriculum.
Was darf Satire? Alles!
--Kurt Tucholsky, commie, murdered by Hitler
And how does that look to people who monitor this board and attack its owner? The Internet we now inhabit is open to attacks from all sides. Mandy was attacked, off board, for having an avatar that pissed on the Islamic God. Now you post up with an avatar pissing on the Constitution.
It's not appropriate or helpful to Charles.
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:18:08pm |
re: #130 sattv4u2
So, did you have SEC conference on tonight?
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:18:29pm |
re: #122 iceweasel
Have fun with that 'argument', sattv. Best of luck.
Should work out reel well for you.
Lets see.
You, Jimmah, Cato and others have complained about her avatar, yet at last look it ws still there
Charles has weighed in now, and assuming Mandy saw his objection my money says either it or she is gone
SO ,,, my "argument" is valid
but nice try
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:18:49pm |
re: #42 negativ
One must then ask where that creator-god came from, and THEN we must ask where the source of that creator god came from, ad infinitum.
Of course. Turtles, all the way down.
Which means either we accept recursive absurdity or admit that our reasoning power can only reach to certain heights or depths.
Whether you make a leap of faith beyond that is more a matter of temperament than anything else.
In other words, I respect religion, and I honor science. Two sides of the same human coin.
Neither one can answer the half-remarkable question beyond all doubt. It would be well if scientists acknowledged that, too.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:19:13pm |
re: #139 austin_blue
anywyas, regardless of what was said about it, it was a dig on somebody else not changing theirs :p
/not that I have any place to complain about anyones, I spent 2 weeks with my avatar being a white supremicist musician/arsonist/sword murderer.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:19:28pm |
re: #136 ggt
Oh gosh, they are beautiful animals. Was in Annapolis a few years ago, and there is a "Mastiff Club".
Regal dogs.
BIIIG.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:09pm |
re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh gosh, they are beautiful animals. Was in Annapolis a few years ago, and there is a "Mastiff Club".
Regal dogs.
BIIIG.
I waaaaaaaaaaant one!
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:13pm |
re: #107 Cato the Elder
Piffle. I'm making fun of people who piss on the Constitution. My motto clearly states that. As in, those who do not respect the freedom of religion, and piss on that. As in the idiots who remove Thomas Jefferson from the Texas curriculum.
Was darf Satire? Alles!
--Kurt Tucholsky, commie, murdered by Hitler
Get a picture of McLeroy pissing on the Constitution.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:18pm |
re: #143 windsagio
anywyas, regardless of what was said about it, it was a dig on somebody else not changing theirs :p
/not that I have any place to complain about anyones, I spent 2 weeks with my avatar being a white supremicist musician/arsonist/sword murderer.
And is a satanic bulimic pastel colored cat any better?
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:18pm |
re: #142 Cato the Elder
Of course. Turtles, all the way down.
Which means either we accept recursive absurdity or admit that our reasoning power can only reach to certain heights or depths.
Whether you make a leap of faith beyond that is more a matter of temperament than anything else.
In other words, I respect religion, and I honor science. Two sides of the same human coin.
Neither one can answer the half-remarkable question beyond all doubt. It would be well if scientists acknowledged that, too.
could aliens have something to do with it?...I hear they're pretty smart
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:23pm |
re: #139 austin_blue
And how does that look to people who monitor this board and attack its owner? The Internet we now inhabit is open to attacks from all sides. Mandy was attacked, off board, for having an avatar that pissed on the Islamic God. Now you post up with an avatar pissing on the Constitution.
It's not appropriate or helpful to Charles.
I think Cato's description in his avatar makes it perfectly clear who he's mocking-- the people who genuinely are pissing on the Constitution. And the Declaration.
I also think that Cato's avatar is probably going to change the same day, if not hour, that Mandy's changes.
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TedStriker Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:24pm |
re: #141 sattv4u2
Lets see.
You, Jimmah, Cato and others have complained about her avatar, yet at last look it ws still thereCharles has weighed in now, and assuming Mandy saw his objection my money says either it or she is gone
SO ,,, my "argument" is valid
but nice try
I hope it's not the latter...I do like Mandy and I hope she won't leave/be tossed over a damn avatar.
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:34pm |
re: #138 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The other day, I got on customer support for an appliance. they connected me with a tech. How cool! (I thought).
First question I asked the tech (name was Bill, riiight) and he said, I am not a technician. But I can set up an appointment for one to come out.
An appointment setting technician; Howabout that?
Pure hell. Guy told me my IP address was bad because it started with 194. or something. It was a joke. Finally realized it was affecting my TV so I bailed on internet help & went for TV cable out help. ack.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:37pm |
re: #140 Stanley Sea
So, did you have SEC conference on tonight?
We're doing commercial roll ins for the ACC, all day yesterday, today (just finished about an hour and a half ago), tomorrow and the finals on Sunday
THEN ,,, I'm off to the beach for a week R&R
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:20:41pm |
re: #142 Cato the Elder
Of course. Turtles, all the way down.
Which means either we accept recursive absurdity or admit that our reasoning power can only reach to certain heights or depths.
Whether you make a leap of faith beyond that is more a matter of temperament than anything else.
In other words, I respect religion, and I honor science. Two sides of the same human coin.
Neither one can answer the half-remarkable question beyond all doubt. It would be well if scientists acknowledged that, too.
"That than which nothing greater can be conceived" --Thomas Aquinas.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:21:01pm |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:21:13pm |
re: #148 albusteve
could aliens have something to do with it?...I hear they're pretty smart
Psst,
It's the Cat.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:21:18pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:21:25pm |
re: #145 ggt
Get a second job for dogfood first.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:21:48pm |
re: #143 windsagio
anywyas, regardless of what was said about it, it was a dig on somebody else not changing theirs :p
/not that I have any place to complain about anyones, I spent 2 weeks with my avatar being a white supremicist musician/arsonist/sword murderer.
I shall soon change my avatar again. "Avatar" - look it up. Then shall my true nature be revealed, and all frogs and trogs shall hunker down in fear.
But I am merciful in victory.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:21:52pm |
re: #150 talon_262
I hope it's not the latter...I do like Mandy and I hope she won't leave/be tossed over a damn avatar.
100% agree
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b_sharp Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:22:04pm |
re: #117 albusteve
anything goes...especially if you mind your own business
That leaves me out, I never mind my own business.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:22:22pm |
re: #150 talon_262
I hope it's not the latter...I do like Mandy and I hope she won't leave/be tossed over a damn avatar.
I'd be very, very sad.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:22:39pm |
re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh gosh, they are beautiful animals. Was in Annapolis a few years ago, and there is a "Mastiff Club".
Regal dogs.
BIIIG.
I knew a guy years ago that raised them...he had four or five that were his posse...the teeny ones just knocked me out...very cool animal
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:22:48pm |
re: #158 Cato the Elder
I just think its not quite right to pretend it was anything other than a dig :p
I dig digs tho'!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:23:02pm |
re: #129 Stanley Sea
You are DARED.
I got to hit the bed now... got an early morning photo shoot... with a dog.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:23:17pm |
re: #160 b_sharp
That leaves me out, I never mind my own business.
Neither do I. With one exception. What other people think of me is none of my damn business.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:23:24pm |
re: #149 iceweasel
I think Cato's description in his avatar makes it perfectly clear who he's mocking-- the people who genuinely are pissing on the Constitution. And the Declaration.
I also think that Cato's avatar is probably going to change the same day, if not hour, that Mandy's changes.
I don't disagree, but you have to be a Lizard to view it!
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:23:53pm |
re: #147 Walter L. Newton
And is a satanic bulimic pastel colored cat any better?
Ha! That cat is cool!!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:24:02pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:24:15pm |
re: #150 talon_262
I hope it's not the latter...I do like Mandy and I hope she won't leave/be tossed over a damn avatar.
There is no reason for her to leave, or be tossed. If she leaves it will be because she wanted to.
There is also no reason for her to keep that avatar now, especially now that she knows charles also has an issue with it, and it's being used to smear him and LGF.
Of course, as Charles also pointed out, he was hoping she'd figure it out on her own that it would be a good idea to change it.
Maybe all the people bitching about those of us who find the avatar offense should bear that in mind too.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:24:17pm |
re: #164 Walter L. Newton
I got to hit the bed now... got an early morning photo shoot... with a dog.
you have a dog that know how to work a camera??
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:24:35pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:25:07pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:25:18pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:25:25pm |
re: #170 iceweasel
Maybe all the people bitching about those of us who find the avatar offensive should bear that in mind too.
PIMF.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:25:53pm |
re: #174 Walter L. Newton
Well you're the one who insulted the kid by saying he/she (not really clear) was bulimic!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:07pm |
re: #136 ggt
I'd prefer a Bull Mastiff.
Sorry, I was thinking English Mastiff...
The body is massive with great depth and breadth, especially between the forelegs, causing these to be set wide apart. The AKC standard height (per their website) for this breed is 30 inches (76 cm) at the shoulder for males and 27.5 inches (70 cm) (minimum) at the shoulder for females. A typical male can weigh 150–250 pounds (68–110 kg), a typical female can weigh 120–200 pounds (54–91 kg).
-wiki
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:07pm |
re: #174 Walter L. Newton
Stop using the cats name in vain.
you used a small "c".
but, I'm not telling,
this time.
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austin_blue Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:22pm |
Ach. Late. Time for the rack. Goodnight, my friends. Special thoughts for DF tonight. Sweet dreams to all of you.
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:24pm |
re: #160 b_sharp
That leaves me out, I never mind my own business.
neither does anybody else around here
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:27pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:38pm |
Our host did make some very valid points on the issue in the last thread. Points that I know are valid on a conscious level, yet sometimes forget. I can be dense that way at times.
So, avatar reverted.
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Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:57pm |
Today I went to the clinic to have my hand checked out (not broken just sprained) and in walks this kid in black. Several ex Navy ladies sitting behind me immediately notice he's wearing a belt made out of bullets...real ones. "That's not allowed here is it?" They are asking me because I am in uniform. I didn't know as I am only a student here. One of them asks if the bullets are real...yes but demilitarized. All good, none of my business if somebody's kid chooses to dress like a bad 80s video extra. Handcuffs hanging off his shoulder, heavy metal band on his jacket, studs everywhere etc. But then he turns around and we see on his boots the Nazi swastika and some hate speech. Technically, still none of my business but offensive. There's a guy with a young kid sitting right in front of me and he's staring at the dude...his yound son's mouth is hanging open. Then I hear the tech call the dude by his rank. Yep, he's a Soldier. I wanted to speak to him about the violation of regs but he left by a side exit before I could. Later mentioning him in class I learn that the instructor and a fellow student had also seen him. Neither had confronted the kid because they were afraid they would get in trouble. Ok. So now I'm wondering what I will do if I see this kid again in the PX, at the clinic, schoolhouse... I know my job and my duty is to inform him he is in violation. I also know in the climate of today's Army, that could well be career suicide. Is it worth it?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:26:57pm |
re: #177 windsagio
Well you're the one who insulted the kid by saying he/she (not really clear) was bulimic!
Ok... I'm sorry for making fun of your pussy.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:27:41pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:27:43pm |
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:28:05pm |
re: #150 talon_262
I hope it's not the latter...I do like Mandy and I hope she won't leave/be tossed over a damn avatar.
You guys know, Mandy's tough. I read her posts. She's tough.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:28:45pm |
re: #188 Stanley Sea
(I secretly think its a normal (not lgf) style flounce. Hoping to hear all the people say 'oh no mandy don't go!'
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:29:09pm |
re: #188 Stanley Sea
You guys know, Mandy's tough. I read her posts. She's tough.
She;s also stubborn ,,, so,,,,,,,
just sayin
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:29:21pm |
re: #184 Escaped Hillbilly
Today I went to the clinic to have my hand checked out (not broken just sprained) and in walks this kid in black. Several ex Navy ladies sitting behind me immediately notice he's wearing a belt made out of bullets...real ones. "That's not allowed here is it?" They are asking me because I am in uniform. I didn't know as I am only a student here. One of them asks if the bullets are real...yes but demilitarized. All good, none of my business if somebody's kid chooses to dress like a bad 80s video extra. Handcuffs hanging off his shoulder, heavy metal band on his jacket, studs everywhere etc. But then he turns around and we see on his boots the Nazi swastika and some hate speech. Technically, still none of my business but offensive. There's a guy with a young kid sitting right in front of me and he's staring at the dude...his yound son's mouth is hanging open. Then I hear the tech call the dude by his rank. Yep, he's a Soldier. I wanted to speak to him about the violation of regs but he left by a side exit before I could. Later mentioning him in class I learn that the instructor and a fellow student had also seen him. Neither had confronted the kid because they were afraid they would get in trouble. Ok. So now I'm wondering what I will do if I see this kid again in the PX, at the clinic, schoolhouse... I know my job and my duty is to inform him he is in violation. I also know in the climate of today's Army, that could well be career suicide. Is it worth it?
Is that the image the military needs? or wants? This guy needs a psyc eval. IMHO --swastika?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:29:29pm |
re: #186 windsagio
re: #185 Walter L. Newton
[Link: www.pixiv.net...]
See? Its human!
What? The cat?
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:29:34pm |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:29:50pm |
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albusteve Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:30:34pm |
re: #170 iceweasel
There is no reason for her to leave, or be tossed. If she leaves it will be because she wanted to.
There is also no reason for her to keep that avatar now, especially now that she knows charles also has an issue with it, and it's being used to smear him and LGF.Of course, as Charles also pointed out, he was hoping she'd figure it out on her own that it would be a good idea to change it.
Maybe all the people bitching about those of us who find the avatar offense should bear that in mind too.
right...you could go on and on and on...maybe write a book!...I don't give a damn about what you find offensive, it's the relentless whining...on and on
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:30:40pm |
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:31:10pm |
re: #197 Stanley Sea
I know I know :p Just having fun with it.
(Steve would say I crave the attention)
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sattv4u2 Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:31:11pm |
re: #184 Escaped Hillbilly
If you think a word to your immediate superior will be harmful to you, then leave it be.
On the other hand, if you (and several) of your freinds all did say something ,,,,,
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:32:35pm |
re: #199 sattv4u2
Conversations were held about the Fort Hood murdering asshat... went no further...
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:33:10pm |
argh my whole head hurts. I wish they'd given me something real for pain.
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bratwurst Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:34:09pm |
re: #96 windsagio
Thats what makes the sense of ownership so well, strange.
The people who most often appeal to the idea that our host is the only arbitor of what's okay are those who most often try to control others behavior through bullying tactics, or needling, or whatever.
Quite concur.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:34:32pm |
re: #184 Escaped Hillbilly
Today I went to the clinic to have my hand checked out (not broken just sprained) and in walks this kid in black. Several ex Navy ladies sitting behind me immediately notice he's wearing a belt made out of bullets...real ones. "That's not allowed here is it?" They are asking me because I am in uniform. I didn't know as I am only a student here. One of them asks if the bullets are real...yes but demilitarized. All good, none of my business if somebody's kid chooses to dress like a bad 80s video extra. Handcuffs hanging off his shoulder, heavy metal band on his jacket, studs everywhere etc. But then he turns around and we see on his boots the Nazi swastika and some hate speech. Technically, still none of my business but offensive. There's a guy with a young kid sitting right in front of me and he's staring at the dude...his yound son's mouth is hanging open. Then I hear the tech call the dude by his rank. Yep, he's a Soldier. I wanted to speak to him about the violation of regs but he left by a side exit before I could. Later mentioning him in class I learn that the instructor and a fellow student had also seen him. Neither had confronted the kid because they were afraid they would get in trouble. Ok. So now I'm wondering what I will do if I see this kid again in the PX, at the clinic, schoolhouse... I know my job and my duty is to inform him he is in violation. I also know in the climate of today's Army, that could well be career suicide. Is it worth it?
Is this something YOU want to be associated with? You wear the unifoirm too.
Swastika --for real?
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:34:51pm |
re: #184 Escaped Hillbilly
Today I went to the clinic to have my hand checked out (not broken just sprained) and in walks this kid in black. Several ex Navy ladies sitting behind me immediately notice he's wearing a belt made out of bullets...real ones. "That's not allowed here is it?" They are asking me because I am in uniform. I didn't know as I am only a student here. One of them asks if the bullets are real...yes but demilitarized. All good, none of my business if somebody's kid chooses to dress like a bad 80s video extra. Handcuffs hanging off his shoulder, heavy metal band on his jacket, studs everywhere etc. But then he turns around and we see on his boots the Nazi swastika and some hate speech. Technically, still none of my business but offensive. There's a guy with a young kid sitting right in front of me and he's staring at the dude...his yound son's mouth is hanging open. Then I hear the tech call the dude by his rank. Yep, he's a Soldier. I wanted to speak to him about the violation of regs but he left by a side exit before I could. Later mentioning him in class I learn that the instructor and a fellow student had also seen him. Neither had confronted the kid because they were afraid they would get in trouble. Ok. So now I'm wondering what I will do if I see this kid again in the PX, at the clinic, schoolhouse... I know my job and my duty is to inform him he is in violation. I also know in the climate of today's Army, that could well be career suicide. Is it worth it?
Career suicide? Well that sucks. Otherwise, find his name & report him? His superior knows already though.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:35:55pm |
Well, I'm going back to audio fiction for a while.
Mary Shelley tonite and it's not Frankenstein.
Have a good one tonite.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:36:49pm |
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:37:17pm |
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Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:37:19pm |
re: #199 sattv4u2
Problem, 1) no immediate supervisor, I'm a student at ALC/BNCOC, I'm in charge of me. 2) When I saw him I was alone, as were the other two who saw him. 3) Is just ignoring the problem contributing to it? 4) If I don't say something, I am in deriliction and if noticed by someone who is rating me, could cause me to be downdinged for leadership (part of our overall grade) 5) My peers agree the kid was out of bounds as a Soldier, but they are not the ones I need to worry about. The kid would make a complaint to a. the Commandant, b. the EO adviser, c. the Staff Judge Advocate, d. his congressman, e. the Inspector General, or f. some assinine civilian agency who is looking for an ACLU style lawsuit.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:37:39pm |
re: #184 Escaped Hillbilly
A bullet belt? I thought those went out of style with 80's hair bands!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:38:15pm |
re: #202 windsagio
argh my whole head hurts. I wish they'd given me something real for pain.
We've got whiskey! Come on over :D
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:38:37pm |
re: #210 WindUpBird
You missed a great discussion about prog. So let me ask you, should 'drug influenced' be included in a description of Prog rock or not?
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Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:38:57pm |
re: #207 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That's a big dog! Yikes.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:39:01pm |
re: #212 WindUpBird
haha, booze is bad, it'll dissolve my clot and give me a dry socket :p
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:39:09pm |
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:39:29pm |
re: #212 WindUpBird
I should bring my xbox over at some point tho so you guys and I can play some Rockband >>
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:39:48pm |
re: #212 WindUpBird
We've got whiskey! Come on over :D
You're spelling it with an 'e'!
/totally fake yet somewhat real whisky snobbery targeting..
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:40:04pm |
re: #213 windsagio
You missed a great discussion about prog. So let me ask you, should 'drug influenced' be included in a description of Prog rock or not?
Depends on the prog.
When it comes to some of the really nerdy brainy stuff, some of it isn't drug influenced at all. There's a lot of 20-sided-dice-tossing teetotaler nerd prog guys. But some of it, OH CHRIST YES IT IS
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:40:16pm |
re: #215 windsagio
haha, booze is bad, it'll dissolve my clot and give me a dry socket :p
Dammit that's right, i forgot. :(
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:40:18pm |
re: #216 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Avocado Green Appliances.
Fake wood trim on everything from cars to alarm clocks!
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:40:39pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:40:48pm |
re: #217 windsagio
I should bring my xbox over at some point tho so you guys and I can play some Rockband >>
That'd be good! I miss the Rock Band. All those Megadeth songs off Rust in Peace and me with no Xbox.
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lostlakehiker Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:40:57pm |
re: #184 Escaped Hillbilly
Today I went to the clinic to have my hand checked out (not broken just sprained) and in walks this kid in black. Several ex Navy ladies sitting behind me immediately notice he's wearing a belt made out of bullets...real ones. "That's not allowed here is it?" They are asking me because I am in uniform. I didn't know as I am only a student here. One of them asks if the bullets are real...yes but demilitarized. All good, none of my business if somebody's kid chooses to dress like a bad 80s video extra. Handcuffs hanging off his shoulder, heavy metal band on his jacket, studs everywhere etc. But then he turns around and we see on his boots the Nazi swastika and some hate speech. Technically, still none of my business but offensive. There's a guy with a young kid sitting right in front of me and he's staring at the dude...his yound son's mouth is hanging open. Then I hear the tech call the dude by his rank. Yep, he's a Soldier. I wanted to speak to him about the violation of regs but he left by a side exit before I could. Later mentioning him in class I learn that the instructor and a fellow student had also seen him. Neither had confronted the kid because they were afraid they would get in trouble. Ok. So now I'm wondering what I will do if I see this kid again in the PX, at the clinic, schoolhouse... I know my job and my duty is to inform him he is in violation. I also know in the climate of today's Army, that could well be career suicide. Is it worth it?
The climate with respect to this kind of issue must surely have changed after everybody concluded that reporting Major Hasan would be career suicide.
Mistake. Big, big mistake.
With that example whispering loudly in every upper officer's ear, those who report violations worthy of reporting will be tolerated. At a minimum.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:41:14pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:41:50pm |
re: #222 Cato the Elder
Fake wood trim on everything from cars to alarm clocks!
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Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:42:18pm |
re: #210 WindUpBird
So did I. But tacky isn't a crime. Displaying hate speech to include symbols, by Soldiers, is. I think this kid may well have been unaware of the reg. and/or the significance of the symbology. Yes, believe it or not, some of our young men really don't know how disturbing a swastika is.
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:42:33pm |
re: #209 Escaped Hillbilly
Problem, 1) no immediate supervisor, I'm a student at ALC/BNCOC, I'm in charge of me. 2) When I saw him I was alone, as were the other two who saw him. 3) Is just ignoring the problem contributing to it? 4) If I don't say something, I am in deriliction and if noticed by someone who is rating me, could cause me to be downdinged for leadership (part of our overall grade) 5) My peers agree the kid was out of bounds as a Soldier, but they are not the ones I need to worry about. The kid would make a complaint to a. the Commandant, b. the EO adviser, c. the Staff Judge Advocate, d. his congressman, e. the Inspector General, or f. some assinine civilian agency who is looking for an ACLU style lawsuit.
Somewhat. Do what you can, but do it.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:42:59pm |
re: #196 albusteve
right...you could go on and on and on...maybe write a book!...I don't give a damn about what you find offensive, it's the relentless whining...on and on
Yeah, I get tired of your insufferable whining too at times. What a bitch, huh?
Guess we'll have to hug it out, bitch!
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:44:02pm |
Also, WUB since you're here does my avatar look like a cat?
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Cato the Elder Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:44:49pm |
OK, new thread's up. See my comment on life, the universe, and everything. G'nite!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:44:53pm |
re: #226 windsagio
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
agree or disagree?
he is both right and wrong. He's talking about performing prog rock live, which you hve to be straight to do. And Zappa isn't fucking around, that is true. He wants his musicians sharp.
But coming up with the IDEAS in many bands, is completely different. Nobody can tell me Brent Hinds isn't a master of prog-metal, and the guy smokes a ton of weed while writing. He just doesn't play live while high. Your experiences and decisions affect your choices in music. Some people get ripped or high and come up with stuff, some don't. it's all good.
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bratwurst Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:45:23pm |
re: #213 windsagio
You missed a great discussion about prog. So let me ask you, should 'drug influenced' be included in a description of Prog rock or not?
You are not asking me, but here is my view: just because much "prog" rock is drug influenced doesn't mean that all drug influenced music is prog rock.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:45:54pm |
re: #230 iceweasel
Yeah, I get tired of your insufferable whining too at times. What a bitch, huh?
Guess we'll have to hug it out, bitch!
Albusteve and I go back and forth about politics but we always settle down into a pleasant groove when it comes to cars :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:46:27pm |
re: #234 bratwurst
You are not asking me, but here is my view: just because much "prog" rock is drug influenced doesn't mean that all drug influenced music is prog rock.
Oh heavens no. :D
Stoner doom is its own genre!
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:46:29pm |
re: #231 windsagio
Also, WUB since you're here does my avatar look like a cat?
Oh I am dying laughing.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:46:53pm |
re: #231 windsagio
Also, WUB since you're here does my avatar look like a cat?
It looks like a Mewtwo.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:47:15pm |
re: #238 WindUpBird
Oh goddammit, now I have to change it.
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Jimmah Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:47:35pm |
re: #196 albusteve
right...you could go on and on and on...maybe write a book!...I don't give a damn about what you find offensive, it's the relentless whining...on and on
And no-one gives a damn about your relentless whining! Seriously- every day it's the same thing over and over, anytime anyone is trying to make a point about something :
"Oh get over it...it's nothing...you people all blah blah...no fun...who cares...i'm not interested...so what...I dont look at that stuff...you all think too much...grumble grumble "
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:48:06pm |
re: #235 WindUpBird
Albusteve and I go back and forth about politics but we always settle down into a pleasant groove when it comes to cars :D
Steve and I get along just fine now, but in truth it's because I get him now -- and he rags on others. (newer).
Also, I like him despite his best efforts.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:48:35pm |
re: #239 windsagio
Oh goddammit, now I have to change it.
hahahahahahahahaha sorry
Just change it to somethign awesome from a fighting game and be done with it. Like Dan being punched out :D
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:48:58pm |
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:49:09pm |
re: #242 WindUpBird
I have one, is there any way to make an image 3k smaller?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:49:10pm |
re: #241 iceweasel
Steve and I get along just fine now, but in truth it's because I get him now -- and he rags on others. (newer).
Also, I like him despite his best efforts.
The dude's vibe is growing on me!
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:49:47pm |
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bratwurst Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:50:10pm |
re: #245 WindUpBird
The dude's vibe is growing on me!
You know, your local pharmacy can hook you up with something that will take care of that.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:50:13pm |
re: #244 windsagio
I have one, is there any way to make an image 3k smaller?
yeah, it's called sending it to me so I can tweak the JPEG downsampling settings in Imageready :D
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:50:38pm |
re: #218 iceweasel
You're spelling it with an 'e'!
/totally fake yet somewhat real whisky snobbery targeting..
It should have an 'e', it's uisge.
/totally fake yet somewhat real etymological snobbery.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:50:39pm |
re: #248 WindUpBird
if you were online, I might do that :p
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:50:48pm |
re: #245 WindUpBird
The dude's vibe is growing on me!
He mentioned fresh homemade bread once, with pure soul. I can totally deal with anything after that.
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Escaped Hillbilly Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:52:15pm |
re: #246 windsagio
re: #241 iceweasel
Yeah, for a week or 2 he was really getting to me, I grok him now.
I love RAH. Unfortunately, for years after that book came out, "scruffy looking" people would show up at his door asking to "share water" with him. Everytime someone says the grok something, I wince remembering that we almost had an LRon Hubbard before L Ron Hubbard.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:53:36pm |
re: #218 iceweasel
You're spelling it with an 'e'!
/totally fake yet somewhat real whisky snobbery targeting..
hahaha it's shitty well booze :D
I don't know any of the wine or booze rules, I am essentially an idiot savant when it comes to beer and I know very little about anything else except that G & Ts are nice with Tanqeray 10 :D
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:53:53pm |
re: #251 Stanley Sea
He mentioned fresh homemade bread once, with pure soul. I can totally deal with anything after that.
Albusteve is cool, really, once you grok him.
Sometimes he's pretty damn harsh on new people, especially libs.
It really isn't personal though.
I like him.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:56:04pm |
re: #249 goddamnedfrank
It should have an 'e', it's uisge.
/totally fake yet somewhat real etymological snobbery.
I should take your etymological snobbery over the spelling of 'whisky' seriously, when you can't spell 'usage'?
I'm teasing of course.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:56:55pm |
re: #255 iceweasel
I should take your etymological snobbery over the spelling of 'whisky' seriously, when you can't spell 'usage'?
I'm teasing of course.
NERD! :D
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Stanghazi Fri, Mar 12, 2010 10:58:54pm |
Well, tonight I hope we witnessed a watershed moment with the bigoted avtar.
Goodnight!
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:00:31pm |
re: #256 WindUpBird
NERD! :D
Duh, of course!
I'm a geek girl. What can I say?
Also, had that whole bit about 'whisky' forced on me, not unpleasantly, by brits and irish and scots.
Alcoholics, natch.
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lostlakehiker Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:03:00pm |
re: #48 daddylawbucks
What happens to kids brought up in that slanted school system when they go out into the world, perhaps in a college class, and begin to see the bias of the teaching they got? Does that prime a generation of kids to believe their government lied to them?
But this will happen in any event, that the schools lie. How much, and about what, is the only issue. The truth about history is just so ugly, cruel, and demoralizing that it's bound to be sugar coated some.
Instance: The real story of the bridge on the river Kwai You can't tell this to children. You just can't.
The holocaust museum in DC has a children's wing. The real thing just won't do.
As kids grow to maturity, they learn a lot about the adult world which they didn't need to know as little ones and weren't ready for. As they discover that their social studies class gave muted coverage of some of America's historical sins, while playing up the better parts, they'll cope.
But have some sense. Don't edit out major characters (e.g. Thomas Jefferson) in favor of minor ones. And, on the other hand, don't limit your coverage of Jefferson in history to Sally Hemmings.
And now, back on topic, ZomGits is a genius. Very good stuff, nicely presented.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:07:25pm |
re: #258 iceweasel
Duh, of course!
I'm a geek girl. What can I say?
Also, had that whole bit about 'whisky' forced on me, not unpleasantly, by brits and irish and scots.
Alcoholics, natch.
I had some good single malt when I was in Scotland! It didn't take, though. I'm just such a beer dork. I'll fly across the country for a beer festival.
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Jimmah Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:07:34pm |
re: #218 iceweasel
You're spelling it with an 'e'!
/totally fake yet somewhat real whisky snobbery targeting..
Some Scottish people take it personally when someone spells 'whisky' with an 'e'. You'd think someone had proposed adding coca cola, ice cream and sprinkles to the finest single malt as an idea for a summer refreshment, the way they go on. ;-)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:08:46pm |
re: #260 wozzablog
We discovered that the accomplished actress Reese Wither-something is the primary cause of gout.
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windsagio Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:15:23pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:19:56pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:22:22pm |
re: #262 Jimmah
Some Scottish people take it personally when someone spells 'whisky' with an 'e'. You'd think someone had proposed adding coca cola, ice cream and sprinkles to the finest single malt as an idea for a summer refreshment, the way they go on. ;-)
I KNOW they get mad when it's referred to as Scotch, i was specifically warned against that before I travelled to Scotland :D
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Jimmah Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:27:46pm |
re: #268 WindUpBird
I KNOW they get mad when it's referred to as Scotch, i was specifically warned against that before I travelled to Scotland :D
Horrifying Scottish whisky snobs is an old hobby of mine. It was to that end that I came up with the single malt coca cola sundae described above. It's actually very good btw - you should try it some time :)
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:30:41pm |
re: #269 Jimmah
Horrifying Scottish whisky snobs is an old hobby of mine. It was to that end that I came up with the single malt coca cola sundae described above. It's actually very good btw - you should try it some time :)
You also enjoy teasing nationalist Scots though, to such an extent that they accuse you of being 'too American' even before, uh, marrying this American.
Revolting. Damn the Scotch. :)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:40:47pm |
re: #269 Jimmah
Horrifying Scottish whisky snobs is an old hobby of mine. It was to that end that I came up with the single malt coca cola sundae described above. It's actually very good btw - you should try it some time :)
I've done imperial stout floats! So it's not totally alien to me :D
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Jimmah Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:47:34pm |
re: #271 WindUpBird
I've done imperial stout floats! So it's not totally alien to me :D
What is imperial stout?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:48:35pm |
Back on topic, but just barely...
There is one person that I speak with often, and on the subject of the study of cosmology/space exploration their comment is always (boiled down to) "What for? Why bother?"
No answer that I can come up with is satisfactory, this person sees no value in the efforts to reach beyond our cradle for information that can be gained from The Great Unknown, The Big Black.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:55:40pm |
re: #271 WindUpBird
I've done imperial stout floats! So it's not totally alien to me :D
re: #272 Jimmah
What is imperial stout?
WUB-- just so you know, I just explained to Jimmah that you're a beer person. So to speak. :)
Also, 'imperial pint' isn't known to people in the UK-- they just think of a pint as a pint. They don't know the measurement or that it's larger than a US 'pint'-- (glass of beer).
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Jimmah Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:56:27pm |
re: #270 iceweasel
You also enjoy teasing nationalist Scots though, to such an extent that they accuse you of being 'too American' even before, uh, marrying this American.
Revolting. Damn the Scotch. :)
They can awa an bite ma benjy, bonnie lass :)
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:58:31pm |
re: #275 Jimmah
They can awa an bite ma benjy, bonnie lass :)
I love it when you talk dirty Scotch to me. :)
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Mar 13, 2010 12:13:04am |
well, it's 8am, i didnae slape a wink fer warry and i'm about to collapse.
later days kids.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Mar 13, 2010 10:37:30am |
Way late, but:
Attention Texas: This is what your schoolkids will never be.
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enigma3535 Sat, Mar 13, 2010 11:20:52am |
Assume, for a moment, all of this true ...
1) The universe we exist in is infinity old [and other clusters of galaxies exist in it that are too far away for their light to be either discernible or have reached us yet ... and there an infinite number of such clusters].
2) There are an infinite number of universes [a multiverse].
3) Universes come into existence at an infinite rate.
4) All universes will last infinitely long and are infinitely old.
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Is there a God in all this that man can imagine and construct dogma regarding?
IMHO, there are probably "gods" somewhere in this infinity.
Did any of these "gods" nurture any of this real-estate in the last 14 billion yrs for one species on one planet in one solar system in one galaxy, amongst billions?
Probably not? ... that said, given the sublime perfection of the universe we reside in, who knows.
BTW, regarding the 3rd point ... it may be far-fetched [personally, I can not wrap my mind around a universe, having just come into existence, also being infinitely old ... that said, it does not appear to be impossible].
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