Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection is issue #67 of “Tales to Astonish” (one of Marvel’s “farm team” comics), published in May 1965, featuring the Incredible Hulk and one of Marvel’s lesser efforts, Giant Man. This cover’s cool because it’s probably where director Ang Lee got the inspiration for one of the scenes in his not-very-popular film version of The Hulk.External Image
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:28:55pm |
Woot!
A comix thread.
I just finished reading "Watchmen" for the very first time.
Discuss.
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swamprat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:32:23pm |
What do Sgt Fury and The Phanthom have in common?
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swamprat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:37:33pm |
LudwigVanQuixote;
Where are we in relation to the Milancovitch cycle peak, and how far off is it?
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:44:14pm |
re: #1 Cato the Elder
Woot!
A comix thread.
I just finished reading "Watchmen" for the very first time.
Discuss.
Tell us what you thought of it.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:44:16pm |
Neat-o! Is this in the kind of condition to get graded?
Hulk is, well, Hulky!
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:46:13pm |
I used to read the Hulk when I was a kid. Those were great comics.
Charles...did you re-read these books when you found them?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:46:45pm |
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:47:41pm |
What is the average flight speed of the Mediterranean Swallow?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:48:47pm |
re: #8 Irenicum
What is the average flight speed of the Mediterranean Swallow?
93mph....everybody knows that
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:48:58pm |
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:49:48pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:49:53pm |
Fuck Yeah!
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:50:58pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:51:23pm |
re: #8 Irenicum
What is the average flight speed of the Mediterranean Swallow?
What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:52:59pm |
re: #18 Irenicum
You're cheating. No shot puts allowed.
I know the airspeed of every known bird in the world...it's a gift
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:53:10pm |
re: #17 NJDhockeyfan
Aaahhss!! (as you're sorrily catapulted into the dark abyss)
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:53:41pm |
Italian health workers arrested in alleged plot to assassinate Afghan governor
Three Italian medical workers are among nine people who were detained in an alleged plot to kill an Afghan provincial governor, officials said Saturday.They were detained after suicide-bomb vests, hand grenades, pistols and explosives were discovered in a hospital storeroom in Lashkar Gah, the capital of the southern province of Helmand, a spokesman for the provincial government said.
Police were tipped off about a plot to kill Helmand's governor during a future visit to the hospital, spokesman Daud Ahmadi said Saturday.
A video of the raid obtained by Associated Press Television News shows British troops accompanying Afghan police, soldiers and government officials to the city's Emergency Surgery Center for Civilian War Victims, run by the Italian private group Emergency.
In a storeroom, boxes are opened containing what appear to be bullets, pistols, hand grenades, and bags of explosives. A British soldier is heard saying that an explosives disposal unit was on its way.
Three foreign staff members are then shown sitting on outdoor benches, their identification cards visible but names unclear.
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swamprat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:53:47pm |
re: #17 NJDhockeyfan
What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Whichever one can carry a coconut.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:55:46pm |
re: #4 JasonA
Tell us what you thought of it.
I think I'm going to have to read it a second time - but - considering when it was written - I'm blown away by the parallels to today.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:56:47pm |
re: #25 Cato the Elder
No spoilers, please.
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avanti Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:57:47pm |
Tina Fey is kicking butt on Palin on SNL tonight, funny bit on the census too.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:58:21pm |
re: #24 swamprat
A moose bit my sister once.
My wife took the kids to a drive-thru safari yesterday. They were given buckets of food to feed the animals with. A camel stuck it's head in the car and took the entire buck out of my daughter's hands and walked away with it.
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webevintage Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:59:18pm |
re: #28 avanti
Tina Fey is kicking butt on Palin on SNL tonight, funny bit on the census too.
The Sarah Palin Network.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:59:21pm |
re: #30 NJDhockeyfan
My wife took the kids to a drive-thru safari yesterday. They were given buckets of food to feed the animals with. A camel stuck it's head in the car and took the entire buck out of my daughter's hands and walked away with it.
Screw the "nose under the tent" theory - go for the head inside the car!
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albusteve Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:59:22pm |
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swamprat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:59:44pm |
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:59:54pm |
re: #25 Cato the Elder
I think I'm going to have to read it a second time - but - considering when it was written - I'm blown away by the parallels to today.
Good. It deserves at least a second reading. The real eye-opening moment wasn't when I realized what the villain had done, but that he really was right (in the context of a world that Moore made clear was 100% destined for nuclear war).
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:00:39pm |
re: #31 webevintage
The Sarah Palin Network.
If Palin really ever gets nominated for anything above fleacatcher, they'll have to change the name of the show to Sarah Palin Live.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:01:03pm |
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pharmmajor Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:01:07pm |
Wait, wasn't Giant Man one of Hank Pym's superhero guises?
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:01:22pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:01:56pm |
re: #37 JasonA
Haven't read the comic nor seen the movie, yet. It's on my "to do" list.
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pharmmajor Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:02:40pm |
re: #39 JasonA
Yep.
Thought so. I guess this was the start of the schizophrenic wife-beater's downfall.
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webevintage Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:02:43pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:03:08pm |
Comics... I found both "Dark Phoenix" and "Days of Future Past" at the library Thursday. Issues 129 to 143 of X-Men. I forget, sometimes, just how good that medium can be.
William
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:03:34pm |
re: #36 Cato the Elder
If Palin really ever gets nominated for anything above fleacatcher, they'll have to change the name of the show to Sarah Palin Live.
She's a great target for satire, that's a fact.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:04:55pm |
re: #24 swamprat
We used to have an "Animal Country Safari" nearby. Hippos are apparently escape artists. One, got out, went 3 miles or so, and camped out in a pond. She was there for weeks, while people decided how to try to retrieve her. This is in Southern California. Not a lot of water, but it was spring. Sadly the "recovery" effort failed, she was shot with tranks, but was facing downhill when they took effect, and smothered.
Still, "Bubbles" got out & died a free Hippo.
The cheetahs rolled in the oil they sprayed on the raods to keep the dust down. They were grey/green & you couldn't really see their spots.
It's pretty sad, most of the time, to see animals in captivity.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:05:20pm |
re: #35 JasonA
Good. It deserves at least a second reading. The real eye-opening moment wasn't when I realized what the villain had done, but that he really was right (in the context of a world that Moore made clear was 100% destined for nuclear war).
Well, now, that's the whole point, isn't it?
Was he the villain?
I used to hear people say that the best way to avert nuclear war on a global scale would be for a limited one to happen. Usual candidates were Pakistan and India.
And I'm sure there are some who might think that engineering a localized eco-catastrophe might be the best way to "wake people up" and avert an AGW catastrophe on a planetary level.
Me, I'm with Rorschach.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:06:51pm |
BTW, forget the Watchmen movie. It's not bad, as these things go, but it's just that the book is so good. My list:
1) Dark Phoenix
2) Dark Knight
3) Watchmen
4) Days of Future Past
5) God Loves; Man Kills
William
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:08:43pm |
re: #45 Floral Giraffe
We used to have an "Animal Country Safari" nearby. Hippos are apparently escape artists. One, got out, went 3 miles or so, and camped out in a pond. She was there for weeks, while people decided how to try to retrieve her. This is in Southern California. Not a lot of water, but it was spring. Sadly the "recovery" effort failed, she was shot with tranks, but was facing downhill when they took effect, and smothered.
Still, "Bubbles" got out & died a free Hippo.
The cheetahs rolled in the oil they sprayed on the raods to keep the dust down. They were grey/green & you couldn't really see their spots.It's pretty sad, most of the time, to see animals in captivity.
They had to be careful. Hippos are very dangerous. They kill more humans in Africa each year than any other mammal other than Homo Saipens itself.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:09:40pm |
re: #42 webevintage
Darth Vader IS Luke's FATHER!!!
Why you sonuva... Any other movies you want to ruin for me, huh? Wanna tell me how "The Ten Commandments" ended, you bastard?!?
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:09:59pm |
re: #1 Cato the Elder
Woot!
A comix thread.
I just finished reading "Watchmen" for the very first time.
Discuss.
Good that you read it. Forget the movie exists.
It's one of the truly great moments of the medium.
William
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KingKenrod Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:10:43pm |
re: #43 wlewisiii
Comics... I found both "Dark Phoenix" and "Days of Future Past" at the library Thursday. Issues 129 to 143 of X-Men. I forget, sometimes, just how good that medium can be.
William
I don't know if it's been re-printed recently, but the Proteus storyline in the preceding issues (around #125) was also excellent. In fact, the entire Claremont/Byrne run is excellent.
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:11:27pm |
I would love it if SNL would show actual musical talent. This stuff is shit.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:12:00pm |
FWIW, one of the stalker sites appears to be 404 not found.
Both in their old & newer web address.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:12:09pm |
re: #52 Irenicum
I would love it if SNL would show actual musical talent. This stuff is shit.
So THAT'S Justin Bieber lol
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:12:42pm |
Whoa....nice cleavage on Red Eye. Who is that cutie?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:13:29pm |
re: #53 Floral Giraffe
FWIW, one of the stalker sites appears to be 404 not found.
Both in their old & newer web address.
Are you stalking the stalker sites?
//
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:13:57pm |
re: #51 KingKenrod
I don't know if it's been re-printed recently, but the Proteus storyline in the preceding issues (around #125) was also excellent. In fact, the entire Claremont/Byrne run is excellent.
Oh, yeah, by any normal standard we'd hold the Proteus story up as an exquisite moment. It had the misfortune of being just before the greatest 1 year run any book has ever had.
Yeah, Claremont/Byrne was exquisit.
William
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:14:06pm |
The skit with Tina was halfway funny, even if slightly pervy. But music? Give me a f***ing break.
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KingKenrod Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:14:15pm |
re: #35 JasonA
Good. It deserves at least a second reading. The real eye-opening moment wasn't when I realized what the villain had done, but that he really was right (in the context of a world that Moore made clear was 100% destined for nuclear war).
Assuming Moore made nuclear war unavoidable in the story, he still left a question unanswered for the reader to chew on - would you have published Rorschach's journal, knowing it would eventually lead to Ozymandias's plan being revealed?
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:14:41pm |
**********Watchmen Spoilers Ahoy****************
re: #46 Cato the Elder
Well, now, that's the whole point, isn't it?
Was he the villain?
I used to hear people say that the best way to avert nuclear war on a global scale would be for a limited one to happen. Usual candidates were Pakistan and India.
And I'm sure there are some who might think that engineering a localized eco-catastrophe might be the best way to "wake people up" and avert an AGW catastrophe on a planetary level.
Me, I'm with Rorschach.
Again, I'm only looking at the problem as it's presented in the graphic novel. I don't agree with its message as it applies to the real world. If I found myself in that world, though? Nah, I couldn't side with Rorschach. In the end all the antagonist did was buy the world some time, but I still can't think such a fanatical devotion to the truth would be worth the consequence of annihilation.
The AGW comparison is interesting. I think it's more appropriate as I accept its inevitability, but I'm thinking we have more time. I can be delusional like that.
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:15:18pm |
re: #58 Irenicum
We are big time Amy Poehler fans in our house.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:16:25pm |
re: #56 NJDhockeyfan
Are you stalking the stalker sites?
//
You learn things there, sometimes.
Like who's REALLY cool here.
Stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers.
Except, Charles started it all, or there wouldn't be stalkers.
So that's how I define who is who.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:18:09pm |
re: #59 KingKenrod
Assuming Moore made nuclear war unavoidable in the story, he still left a question unanswered for the reader to chew on - would you have published Rorschach's journal, knowing it would eventually lead to Ozymandias's plan being revealed?
If I knew it were 100% legit? I'd burn it. The consequences far outweigh the benefits of bringing him to justice.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:18:10pm |
re: #55 NJDhockeyfan
Whoa...nice cleavage on Red Eye. Who is that cutie?
The blond or the brunette? Both are very pretty.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:18:30pm |
re: #63 Floral Giraffe
You learn things there, sometimes.
Like who's REALLY cool here.
Stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers.
Except, Charles started it all, or there wouldn't be stalkers.
So that's how I define who is who.
Which site is down, BTW?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:18:46pm |
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:19:03pm |
re: #63 Floral Giraffe
You learn things there, sometimes.
Like who's REALLY cool here.
Stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers.
Except, Charles started it all, or there wouldn't be stalkers.
So that's how I define who is who.
Lemme bounce something off you guys.
I have a personal blog.
I also have a new source of hilarity--a local anti-Israel activist is, I've learned, writing a novel--a lesbian-themed murder mystery set in the West Bank.
I sort of want to blog about it, chapter by chapter.
My mother really doesn't want me to, and feels it's potentially unsafe.
Would you keep commentary for friends?
Would you blog openly?
Would you start a new blog?
What would you do?
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KingKenrod Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:19:09pm |
re: #65 Dark_Falcon
The blond or the brunette? Both are very pretty.
The blonde is Carrie Keegan. The brunette is S.E. Cupp.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:19:38pm |
re: #46 Cato the Elder
Me, I'm with Rorschach.
The single most terrifying moment of reading The Watchmen is when you realize that Rorschach is the closest to sane of any named character in the book. In a way, I didn't care at the end - my tears had been spilt earlier in the story when you knew that Rorschach was right but couldn't win. That hurt in a way that only genre lovers can understand.
William
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:19:48pm |
re: #63 Floral Giraffe
You learn things there, sometimes.
Like who's REALLY cool here.
Stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers, stalking the stalkers.
Except, Charles started it all, or there wouldn't be stalkers.
So that's how I define who is who.
So who's the coolest lizard who didn't defect to the stalker sites?
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ryannon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:20:20pm |
re: #21 NJDhockeyfan
Italian health workers arrested in alleged plot to assassinate Afghan governor
It's an old Tony Soprano dream sequence that's come to life.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:20:46pm |
re: #65 Dark_Falcon
The blond or the brunette? Both are very pretty.
The blonde...she's very cute. I've seen the brunette a few times.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:20:54pm |
re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist
Lemme bounce something off you guys.
I have a personal blog.
I also have a new source of hilarity--a local anti-Israel activist is, I've learned, writing a novel--a lesbian-themed murder mystery set in the West Bank.
I sort of want to blog about it, chapter by chapter.
My mother really doesn't want me to, and feels it's potentially unsafe.
Would you keep commentary for friends?
Would you blog openly?
Would you start a new blog?
What would you do?
How would it be unsafe?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:21:15pm |
re: #71 NJDhockeyfan
So who's the coolest lizard who didn't defect to the stalker sites?
Any lizard who didn't defect to the stalker site is cooler than one who did.
That's my opinion anyway, since I never considered doing it.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:21:23pm |
re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist
Lemme bounce something off you guys.
I have a personal blog.
I also have a new source of hilarity--a local anti-Israel activist is, I've learned, writing a novel--a lesbian-themed murder mystery set in the West Bank.
I sort of want to blog about it, chapter by chapter.
My mother really doesn't want me to, and feels it's potentially unsafe.
Would you keep commentary for friends?
Would you blog openly?
Would you start a new blog?
What would you do?
Why would it be unsafe?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:21:26pm |
re: #74 marjoriemoon
How would it be unsafe?
I think she's concerned that it will attract attention from some crazy people.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:21:39pm |
re: #50 wlewisiii
Good that you read it. Forget the movie exists.
It's one of the truly great moments of the medium.
William
Well, I went straight to Netflix Instant (for people who two-day gratification isn't fast enough), but I'll have to wait for the DVD version.
One of the other recommendations that popped up was, for some reason, "Jennifer's Body", with Megan Fox. Also not available for instant gratification, but in honor of Hoops I went and checked out the availability on YouTube.
There are about a dozen YT links that promise the whole movie for free, but when you click on them, "unfortunately it's been removed for copyright reasons, so go to this link to watch it here".
All of those links take you to a site that demands you first "accept one of these offers from our fine sponsors". In other words, they're scams that sign you up for some mothofraggin ring tone service or other.
Except one YouTube site offers the whole movie for free and hasn't been taken down yet.
Only problem is, it's in German.
Not a problem for me.
Behold the advantages of a humanistic, language-oriented education!
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:21:56pm |
re: #77 SanFranciscoZionist
I think she's concerned that it will attract attention from some crazy people.
Does the blog identify you personally?
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:22:12pm |
re: #77 SanFranciscoZionist
I think she's concerned that it will attract attention from some crazy people.
Yes, but what could they do? Or do you have your personal info on the blog.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:22:34pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:23:12pm |
re: #75 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Any lizard who didn't defect to the stalker site is cooler than one who did.
That's my opinion anyway, since I never considered doing it.
LOL...I meant who do the stalkers see as cool lizards who stayed with Charles anyway.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:23:16pm |
re: #79 JasonA
Does the blog identify you personally?
There's no personal information, but I suppose a determined person might work it out by process of elimination, cross-referencing, etc.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:23:27pm |
So I finally got "The Orange Box" for the 360. I figured I play through HL2 once more before playing Episode One and Two.
Heh. I spent nearly an hour in City 17's train station throwing soda cans at people and provoking the Combine guards. I am an odd sort of gamer.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:24:01pm |
re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist
There's no personal information, but I suppose a determined person might work it out by process of elimination, cross-referencing, etc.
I say go for it.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:24:17pm |
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ryannon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:24:36pm |
re: #75 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Any lizard who didn't defect to the stalker site is cooler than one who did.
That's my opinion anyway, since I never considered doing it.
Charles?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:24:49pm |
re: #66 Dark_Falcon
Which site is down, BTW?
Firefox was able to open it. It was the deuce. Or are they the dolts?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:25:13pm |
re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist
There's no personal information, but I suppose a determined person might work it out by process of elimination, cross-referencing, etc.
I'd say don't. If people found out who you are after you'd gone to town on their work, you could be in for a rough time.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:25:26pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:25:35pm |
re: #82 NJDhockeyfan
LOL...I meant who do the stalkers see as cool lizards who stayed with Charles anyway.
Oh!! They think I'm an idiot.
I'm still here, and not stalking a fucking weblog.
And I'm an idiot.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:26:30pm |
re: #88 Floral Giraffe
Firefox was able to open it. It was the deuce. Or are they the dolts?
[evil grin] Thanks for the info. Maybe Explorer just was unable to process the Bad Craziness tonight.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:27:14pm |
re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh!! They think I'm an idiot.
I'm still here, and not stalking a fucking weblog.
And I'm an idiot.
I guess that makes me an idiot too. I don't even know where their website is.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:27:21pm |
re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist
There's no personal information, but I suppose a determined person might work it out by process of elimination, cross-referencing, etc.
You should have an anonymous ISP. Domainsbyproxy is one. Unless you have a wordpress blog. Can they get info from wordpress?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:27:25pm |
re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist
Blog, but make it unpersonably traceable, even by your husband.
Ask Charles if you're not sure.
Nutters abound. Your locale is defined.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE TRACEABLE.
Charles has moved, IIRC multiple times, to ensure his personal safety.
This is not what you want to HAVE to do.
My 2 cents, worth what you paid for them!
Hey, I want a link if/when you go live.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:27:30pm |
re: #61 JasonA
***Watchmen Spoilers Ahoy***
Again, I'm only looking at the problem as it's presented in the graphic novel. I don't agree with its message as it applies to the real world. If I found myself in that world, though? Nah, I couldn't side with Rorschach. In the end all the antagonist did was buy the world some time, but I still can't think such a fanatical devotion to the truth would be worth the consequence of annihilation.
The AGW comparison is interesting. I think it's more appropriate as I accept its inevitability, but I'm thinking we have more time. I can be delusional like that.
I can think of some other fanatical devotees of the truth whom I admire, who were at least as dark in their way as Rorschach.
Can you guess?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:28:14pm |
re: #71 NJDhockeyfan
So who's the coolest lizard who didn't defect to the stalker sites?
Duh, it's either KT, Reine or me.
//
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:28:49pm |
re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist
SFZ, I admire what you aspired to on Thursday. Your intelligence is a wonderful light. But, do you really want the world to know You? Anonymity is precious, really.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:28:53pm |
re: #87 ryannon
He'd never answer that. Woudn't want to offend a lizard who's initials weren't FBV.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:30:03pm |
re: #98 Floral Giraffe
Duh, it's either KT, Reine or me.
//
Ooops, or Walter, or Mandy, Or Dark Falcon, or RightWingConspirator, or
*insert your name here* so I don't forget the kewl people.
Or Iceweasel, or Jimmah Or Reginald Perrin, Or Gus, or, or, or....
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:30:45pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:30:47pm |
re: #93 NJDhockeyfan
I guess that makes me an idiot too. I don't even know where their website is.
Google "theblogmocracy'. They used to call their site LGF2.0, but Charles forced them to stop. Be warned though, they really hate some of us there. Their favorite term for me is Dork_Falcon. Moreover, make sure you don't try to register there. Charles does pull accounts of those who post on stalker blogs.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:31:37pm |
re: #96 Cato the Elder
I can think of some other fanatical devotees of the truth whom I admire, who were at least as dark in their way as Rorschach.
Can you guess?
Oh just tell me.
And don't think for a minute that I don't admire Rorschach. I wouldn't have the stones to do what he did, but I certainly don't think any less of him for it. That character was 100% steadfast from beginning to end, and I loved him for it.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:31:49pm |
re: #71 NJDhockeyfan
So who's the coolest lizard who didn't defect to the stalker sites?
Can't be me. Once in a while I check the Borgmocrazy and someone there who previously threatened to come and kill my dog is praising me for "standing up to Charles".
Unwanted praise from odious laudators.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:31:54pm |
re: #91 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh!! They think I'm an idiot.
I'm still here, and not stalking a fucking weblog.
And I'm an idiot.
But you have cake. (BTW, where did that cake come from?)
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:33:13pm |
re: #104 Dark_Falcon
*D_F*, and every senior lizard. Thanks for helping to create such a sweet saloon.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:34:12pm |
re: #101 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
HELLO!?!?
Shit, see, I forgot someone cool.
You just CAN NOT list all the cool people here.
IT CAN'T BE DONE.
We're all spechul.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:34:26pm |
Thanks all. Just wanted some feedback.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:34:26pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:34:47pm |
re: #105 JasonA
Oh just tell me.
And don't think for a minute that I don't admire Rorschach. I wouldn't have the stones to do what he did, but I certainly don't think any less of him for it. That character was 100% steadfast from beginning to end, and I loved him for it.
Agree with every thing in this post. Rorschach was a nasty SOB. He was also the best human in the story. AND that contradiction is the core of the tale...
William
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:34:47pm |
re: #109 prairiefire
*D_F*, and every senior lizard. Thanks for helping to create such a sweet saloon.
Glad I could help.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:34:54pm |
re: #104 Dark_Falcon
Google "theblogmocracy'. They used to call their site LGF2.0, but Charles forced them to stop. Be warned though, they really hate some of us there. Their favorite term for me is Dork_Falcon. Moreover, make sure you don't try to register there. Charles does pull accounts of those who post on stalker blogs.
Are they stalking us right now?
Hey assholes! Can you see me?
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:35:10pm |
re: #103 marjoriemoon
HELLLOOO???
See, a list makes more unhappies than friends.
I MISSED SOME.
Whip me, beat me, send me your tears.
OK?
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:35:25pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
Thanks all. Just wanted some feedback.
It certainly is an awfully tempting topic!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:35:46pm |
Where Strides the Behemoth:
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:36:18pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:36:23pm |
re: #106 Cato the Elder
Can't be me. Once in a while I check the Borgmocrazy and someone there who previously threatened to come and kill my dog is praising me for "standing up to Charles".
Unwanted praise from odious laudators.
F*-/ck. Forgot that old Roman too.
See? It can't be done.
At least not with MY brain.
I did try, though.
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What, me worry? Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:36:56pm |
SFZ, my nic is blue. Would love to see your site anyway :)
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prairiefire Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:37:09pm |
re: #107 SanFranciscoZionist
But you have cake. (BTW, where did that cake come from?)
Because there was no pie.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:37:13pm |
re: #115 NJDhockeyfan
You're going to have to move from Bangladesh, immediately.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:37:47pm |
re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist
Lemme bounce something off you guys.
I have a personal blog.
I also have a new source of hilarity--a local anti-Israel activist is, I've learned, writing a novel--a lesbian-themed murder mystery set in the West Bank.
I sort of want to blog about it, chapter by chapter.
My mother really doesn't want me to, and feels it's potentially unsafe.
Would you keep commentary for friends?
Would you blog openly?
Would you start a new blog?
What would you do?
I'd blog! If your real name isn't associated with the blog, then you're not exposing yourself any more than you do here.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:38:39pm |
re: #123 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You're going to have to move from Bangladesh, immediately.
But all my friends are there!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:38:59pm |
re: #104 Dark_Falcon
I posted there once. Just to tell a particular ex-lizard (who I admired, once) that she should be ashamed of herself.
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avanti Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:39:08pm |
re: #58 Irenicum
The skit with Tina was halfway funny, even if slightly pervy. But music? Give me a f***ing break.
After the first half hour, not so funny, but the Palin bit early was.
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:39:10pm |
The Al Roker routine is pretty funny. I watched him in NYC many years ago before he became famous at the Today Show.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:40:21pm |
My battery is dead.
Computer's plugged in, but my battery is dead.
G'night knuckleheads.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:40:24pm |
re: #129 Irenicum
The Al Roker routine is pretty funny. I watched him in NYC many years ago before he became famous at the Today Show.
Me too. He lost quite a bit of weight since then.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:40:39pm |
re: #130 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My battery is dead.
Computer's plugged in, but my battery is dead.
G'night knuckleheads.
Flounce!
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:40:55pm |
re: #105 JasonA
Oh just tell me.
And don't think for a minute that I don't admire Rorschach. I wouldn't have the stones to do what he did, but I certainly don't think any less of him for it. That character was 100% steadfast from beginning to end, and I loved him for it.
1. Jesus Christ
2. Gandhi (even though he was totally wrong about the Holocaust)
3. Martin Luther ("Michael") King, Jr.
4. JFK, RFK
5. Karl Marx (no, I don't blame him for the things done in his name - any more than I blame Jesus for what people have done in his. Marx's analysis of capitalism is still so vibrant that capitalists with any degree of intellectual honesty earnestly study his work)
6. Nietzsche - who boldly called himself the anti-Christ, though he would be unthinkable without JC
All of them have elements of Rorschach.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:41:33pm |
Because it's Saturday!
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:41:45pm |
re: #113 wlewisiii
Agree with every thing in this post. Rorschach was a nasty SOB. He was also the best human in the story. AND that contradiction is the core of the tale...
William
Wellll that does depend on how you define "best." He was certainly the most honest and "true" human, with no use for masks (so to speak...).
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:43:03pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:43:27pm |
re: #127 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I posted there once. Just to tell a particular ex-lizard (who I admired, once) that she should be ashamed of herself.
I understand completely.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:43:45pm |
re: #130 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My battery is dead.
Computer's plugged in, but my battery is dead.
G'night knuckleheads.
nyuknyuknyuk
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:44:17pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:44:28pm |
re: #118 WindUpBird
Beat you to the punch by over a hundred posts. :)
This right here, though, is pretty funny.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:44:57pm |
re: #137 WindUpBird
The band?!?!
Yes, two members of the band. "Winds of Fate", "Rock You Like a Hurricane". Good times.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:46:36pm |
re: #143 Dark_Falcon
Yes, two members of the band. "Winds of Fate", "Rock You Like a Hurricane". Good times.
Those guys are hilarious.
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William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:46:53pm |
re: #133 Cato the Elder
5. Karl Marx (no, I don't blame him for the things done in his name - any more than I blame Jesus for what people have done in his. Marx's analysis of capitalism is still so vibrant that capitalists with any degree of intellectual honesty earnestly study his work)
Thank you.
Wiliam
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Irenicum Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:49:01pm |
re: #129 Irenicum
And by that I mean the real Al Roker. He was great at WNBC in NYC.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:49:04pm |
re: #147 prairiefire
Gezz, blow off the cobwebs. : )
They put on a great show. I bet they still can do it.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:49:11pm |
re: #144 NJDhockeyfan
I saw the Scorpions in Chicago in 1984.
You've got to be around 45-50. I turned 7 in 1984. Though I was old enough to remember Laura Branigan's "Self Control" when it was big on the radio that summer.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:49:41pm |
re: #133 Cato the Elder
6. Nietzsche - who boldly called himself the anti-Christ, though he would be unthinkable without JC
He also considered Judaism/Christianity to be a "Slave-morality", and not in a nice way.
Just sayin'.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:49:43pm |
re: #133 Cato the Elder
1. Jesus Christ
2. Gandhi (even though he was totally wrong about the Holocaust)
3. Martin Luther ("Michael") King, Jr.
4. JFK, RFK
5. Karl Marx (no, I don't blame him for the things done in his name - any more than I blame Jesus for what people have done in his. Marx's analysis of capitalism is still so vibrant that capitalists with any degree of intellectual honesty earnestly study his work)
6. Nietzsche - who boldly called himself the anti-Christ, though he would be unthinkable without JCAll of them have elements of Rorschach.
Hmmm. I'm not sure that JC would drown a dwarf mobster in a toilet, but I'd say all those people had little fear when it came to speaking truth to power.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:51:42pm |
re: #152 Slumbering Behemoth
He also considered Judaism/Christianity to be a "Slave-morality", and not in a nice way.
Just sayin'.
I don't think Cato brought any of those people up due to their actual beliefs but rather their conviction.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:51:46pm |
re: #153 JasonA
"Dwarf Mobster" would be a cool name for a rock band...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:52:59pm |
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Racer X Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:53:03pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:53:27pm |
re: #151 Dark_Falcon
You've got to be around 45-50. I turned 7 in 1984. Though I was old enough to remember Laura Branigan's "Self Control" when it was big on the radio that summer.
Heh. I'm 47...good guess. I had just gotten out of the Air Force and my little brother and his friend wanted a ride to the concert. I went to the ticket office when I got there and purchased a ticket for like 13 bucks. They had just put some chairs in front of the stage and I got one of those tickets. I was in the 7th row in front of the stage.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:55:08pm |
re: #159 NJDhockeyfan
Heh. I'm 47...good guess. I had just gotten out of the Air Force and my little brother and his friend wanted a ride to the concert. I went to the ticket office when I got there and purchased a ticket for like 13 bucks. They had just put some chairs in front of the stage and I got one of those tickets. I was in the 7th row in front of the stage.
Great seats cheap. You can't get luckier than that for a concert!
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:56:30pm |
re: #160 Dark_Falcon
Great seats cheap. You can't get luckier than that for a concert!
Except if the blonde in front of me had.....
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:56:45pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:57:12pm |
re: #3 swamprat
LudwigVanQuixote;
Where are we in relation to the Milancovitch cycle peak, and how far off is it?
We are in a phase that should be cooling for the next several thousand years. That is part of how we know that AGW is not only real, but very bad. We turned that trend around.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:57:30pm |
re: #160 Dark_Falcon
Great seats cheap. You can't get luckier than that for a concert!
You know how many scalpers I passed walking around the arena to the ticket office?
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:57:35pm |
re: #152 Slumbering Behemoth
He also considered Judaism/Christianity to be a "Slave-morality", and not in a nice way.
Just sayin'.
A much-misunderstood (notably by Ayn Rand) comment.
Having personally translated a great deal of Nietzsche, and being heir to the complete works in German annotated by a major Nietzsche scholar, I must beg you to consider the fact that there is an order of magnitude difference between people who have actually read and comprehended him and "scholars" who merely quote-pick to prove a point.
In fact, I would even say that the discrepancy is as great as that dividing people who grok Jesus and those who use him to gain televangelist ill-gottens.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:57:36pm |
re: #163 LudwigVanQuixote
PIMF
We are in a phase that should be cooling for the next several thousand years. That is part of how we know that AGW is not only real, but very bad. We turned that trend around.
Monckton: Got Consanguinity?
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:59:24pm |
re: #165 Cato the Elder
A much-misunderstood (notably by Ayn Rand) comment.
Having personally translated a great deal of Nietzsche, and being heir to the complete works in German annotated by a major Nietzsche scholar, I must beg you to consider the fact that there is an order of magnitude difference between people who have actually read and comprehended him and "scholars" who merely quote-pick to prove a point.
In fact, I would even say that the discrepancy is as great as that dividing people who grok Jesus and those who use him to gain televangelist ill-gottens.
It is absolutely true that Nietzsche is badly miss used by bad people. But then again the irony of those people making what they want of their own moral system is delicious.
Monckton: Got Consanguinity?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:59:31pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 9:59:57pm |
re: #161 NJDhockeyfan
Except if the blonde in front of me had...
Let me guess: you're thinking of the thing that happened to Ludwig while "Self Control" was playing? I'll leave it to him to explain the gag.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:00:42pm |
re: #164 NJDhockeyfan
You know how many scalpers I passed walking around the arena to the ticket office?
If it was anything like some the plays I've gone to, I'd guess around 12.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:01:46pm |
re: #165 Cato the Elder
I will defer to your judgment, then, as I have only read Nietzsche in English, and not the original German as you are capable of.
Your thoughts on "Eternal Recurrence"? I thought it was bunk.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:03:13pm |
re: #169 Dark_Falcon
Let me guess: you're thinking of the thing that happened to Ludwig while "Self Control" was playing? I'll leave it to him to explain the gag.
I don't think I want to know.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:10:36pm |
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:17:46pm |
re: #171 Slumbering Behemoth
I will defer to your judgment, then, as I have only read Nietzsche in English, and not the original German as you are capable of.
Your thoughts on "Eternal Recurrence"? I thought it was bunk.
It is a metaphor for the affirmation of Life. "Would you, given the choice between never existing as yourself or enduring your existence as yourself eternally, without change, choose never to have existed or choose to exist as yourself forever, in an endless loop, without change or substitution?"
It is in fact one of the most Christian of the questions he ever posed.
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Dancing along the light of day Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:19:38pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
Thanks all. Just wanted some feedback.
There is NOTHING, repeat NOTHING, more valuable than your personal safety.
Yours, and that of your friends & family.
Lather, rinse & repeat.
NOTHING.
Stay safe, my friend.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:28:15pm |
re: #176 Cato the Elder
It is a metaphor for the affirmation of Life. "Would you, given the choice between never existing as yourself or enduring your existence as yourself eternally, without change, choose never to have existed or choose to exist as yourself forever, in an endless loop, without change or substitution?"
It is in fact one of the most Christian of the questions he ever posed.
I'd rather have never existed. I'm not that fond of myself, and parents lives would have been better had they only had my sister.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:31:16pm |
re: #176 Cato the Elder
That's not how I took it. It seemed to say that all things begin at Point A, on a circle, and eventually returned to Point A to start all over again.
That what I am typing in response to you now, I have done an infinite number of times in the past, keystroke for keystroke, and will do so again an infinite number of times in the future.
Infinite repetitions, without a single variation, as though all reality were an unchanging train on an unchanging, circular track.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:34:08pm |
re: #179 Slumbering Behemoth
That's not how I took it. It seemed to say that all things begin at Point A, on a circle, and eventually returned to Point A to start all over again.
That what I am typing in response to you now, I have done an infinite number of times in the past, keystroke for keystroke, and will do so again an infinite number of times in the future.
Infinite repetitions, without a single variation, as though all reality were an unchanging train on an unchanging, circular track.
No!
It was a thought-experiment, designed to test whether you say "yes" or "no" to life!
It's not a theory, it's a question.
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b_snark Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:35:47pm |
re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist
Lemme bounce something off you guys.
I have a personal blog.
I also have a new source of hilarity--a local anti-Israel activist is, I've learned, writing a novel--a lesbian-themed murder mystery set in the West Bank.
I sort of want to blog about it, chapter by chapter.
My mother really doesn't want me to, and feels it's potentially unsafe.
Would you keep commentary for friends?
Would you blog openly?
Would you start a new blog?
What would you do?
Would you like to set up a blog on my server? I could easily set up wordpress with a dynamic domain for you, you would just have to wait until next weekend when I have some time.
My IPs aren't even from the country you live in. They'd get a Canuck IP.
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Benghazzy Ben Ross Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:38:22pm |
re: #180 Cato the Elder
No!
It was a thought-experiment, designed to test whether you say "yes" or "no" to life!
It's not a theory, it's a question.
but but but... no! Life isn't unchanging! It's an affirmation of the ego, of perpetuating one's own self as it exists in one moment, or at least that's my understanding of what you wrote:
"Would you, given the choice between never existing as yourself or enduring your existence as yourself eternally, without change, choose never to have existed or choose to exist as yourself forever, in an endless loop, without change or substitution?"
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:38:48pm |
re: #178 Dark_Falcon
Soldier up, brother! I will not accept such talk. You are a worthy human being, regardless of what kind of shit life throws your way, or what kind of garbage your folks feed you.
I value your presence here, and it sure as shit ain't because I pity you. Snatch up those boot straps, and stomp this Earth like you have a purpose. You're a better man than you give yourself credit for.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:39:24pm |
re: #178 Dark_Falcon
I'd rather have never existed. I'm not that fond of myself, and parents lives would have been better had they only had my sister.
You shut up right now! That is a negative-ass thing that both the Catholic Church and Nietzsche disavow.
I will not tolerate that from an occasional antagonist, any more than I would from a friend threatening suicide!
LIFE IS BEYOND ALL MEASURE PRECIOUS, and all Nietzsche was proposing was a test to prove one's allegiance to it.
The most Nietzschean movie ever made was "It's A Wonderful Life".
If you don't believe me I'll come to you as Clarence and rescue you from drowning.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:40:05pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:42:23pm |
re: #178 Dark_Falcon
I'd rather have never existed. I'm not that fond of myself, and parents lives would have been better had they only had my sister.
We like you.
That's all I'm saying, OK?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:42:57pm |
re: #181 b_sharp
Would you like to set up a blog on my server? I could easily set up wordpress with a dynamic domain for you, you would just have to wait until next weekend when I have some time.
My IPs aren't even from the country you live in. They'd get a Canuck IP.
I'll give that some thought.
Thanks.
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b_snark Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:43:25pm |
re: #178 Dark_Falcon
I'd rather have never existed. I'm not that fond of myself, and parents lives would have been better had they only had my sister.
Stop it. You are talking yourself into a hole.
The world would be less if you weren't in it, and your parent's lives would be empty without you.
email me. Please.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:47:34pm |
re: #186 SanFranciscoZionist
We like you.
That's all I'm saying, OK?
I know, and I've got no intention of killing myself. And I do hope to balance out the scales in time. I'm often down on myself, but I'm not giving up.
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b_snark Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:54:52pm |
re: #189 Dark_Falcon
I know, and I've got no intention of killing myself. And I do hope to balance out the scales in time. I'm often down on myself, but I'm not giving up.
Don't scare me like that.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 10:59:51pm |
re: #190 b_sharp
Don't scare me like that.
Sorry about that. i didn't mean to seem suicidal. Believe me when I say I am not.
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b_snark Sat, Apr 10, 2010 11:01:38pm |
re: #191 Dark_Falcon
Sorry about that. i didn't mean to seem suicidal. Believe me when I say I am not.
OK.
Just remember there are a lot of people here you can talk to, including me.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 10, 2010 11:11:20pm |
re: #192 b_sharp
OK.
Just remember there are a lot of people here you can talk to, including me.
Thank you, I will.
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swamprat Sat, Apr 10, 2010 11:17:59pm |
re: #178 Dark_Falcon
You never know how things will work out; you could make a comment that might save a hundred lives. Or just one.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Apr 10, 2010 11:20:43pm |
re: #191 Dark_Falcon
Sorry about that. i didn't mean to seem suicidal. Believe me when I say I am not.
I believe you brother, but you need to tell "The World" to fuck off, and see the value within yourself. That kind of talk in #178 simply won't do. It's passive and defeatist. That kind of thinking destroys your will, and just as surely shall kill you inside as jumping off a cliff would.
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Cato the Elder Sat, Apr 10, 2010 11:39:30pm |
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ryannon Sun, Apr 11, 2010 12:20:12am |
re: #178 Dark_Falcon
I'd rather have never existed. I'm not that fond of myself, and parents lives would have been better had they only had my sister.
Fiddlesticks! I haven't like myself for years, but screw it, I'm all I've got. And it gives me the opportunity to work on liking myself a little better each day. But it's hard work and slow progress, you betcha!
Furthermore, I've found that people who don't like themselves are generally nicer than the fatheads who have a great opinion of their works and days. Lemme tell you, bud, you don't want to see the 'dark side' of some of these jokers. It sounds like there's some serious bad ju-ju between you, your parents and Sis. I'm not going to go there, but you should be working hard on figuring out the whammy they put on you. We all aspire to being loved, as is our birthright. It sounds like you didn't get yours, so you're going to have to nurture and love the child in you who became the man under such adverse conditions. In doing so, you'll become a human being in the best sense of the word: a healer, with the heart to face the most difficult hurt of all - his own.
Hang in there, buddy: it's the best fight of all, and the stuff of real heroes. Accept it like a gift: the gift of finding and loving yourself while taming that old useless dragon that's living inside you.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sun, Apr 11, 2010 3:23:58am |
re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist
Lemme bounce something off you guys.
I have a personal blog.
I also have a new source of hilarity--a local anti-Israel activist is, I've learned, writing a novel--a lesbian-themed murder mystery set in the West Bank.
I sort of want to blog about it, chapter by chapter.
My mother really doesn't want me to, and feels it's potentially unsafe.
Would you keep commentary for friends?
Would you blog openly?
Would you start a new blog?
What would you do?
Safety first. Anonymity is a good thing.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Sun, Apr 11, 2010 3:24:56am |
re: #189 Dark_Falcon
I know, and I've got no intention of killing myself. And I do hope to balance out the scales in time. I'm often down on myself, but I'm not giving up.
Dude you are much too smart and too decent to say such stuff.
Snap out of it or I will force you to do integrals - and we wouldn't want that!
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lostlakehiker Sun, Apr 11, 2010 7:57:56am |
re: #3 swamprat
LudwigVanQuixote;
Where are we in relation to the Milancovitch cycle peak, and how far off is it?
If I may butt in---we're headed back in to our nearest approach to an ice age, but even if there had been no anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases, it seems that by a narrow margin we would have missed getting one this time around. In 5000 years or so, we would have skated by. Probably.
But that's not the real world. In the real world, the CO2 we've already put into the atmosphere is sufficient to ensure that we don't even have a close call.
Instead, we're in for about 50 thousand years of warmer than we'd like. If we don't haul back on the reins soon, it'll be considerably warmer than we'd like. Civilization might survive, but civilization in the past has required some sort of decent, moderate climate.
Now, on to the topic of the thread. Comics are worth heap big money. Or maybe more accurately, some people are willing to pay heap big money for comics. In the spirit of the blog, that foolishness deserves to be punished, I endorse the idea that those people should pay heap big money for old comic books. And here's another thought in that same vein: save your newspaper comic page.
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