And Now For Some Baby Wolverines
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Via Zooborns, a moment of wolverine cuteness from the Stockholm Zoo. Like the man said: “Skansens j�rvungar p� promenad.”
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Kragar Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:20:29pm |
And I was thinking this was going to be another comic book thread.
Snikt!
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Renaissance_Man Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:21:42pm |
WOLVERINES!!!
Or in this case, WOLVERINES!
Finally, a thread Tea Partiers should enjoy.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:23:40pm |
Look at the SIZE of the little guy's feet!
Lotsa growing up to do!
I wonder how Wolverines do in captivity?
I saw one, once, in Glacier National Park. Folks kept insisting I hadn't seen anything. Dad's friend the biologist, made me describe what I'd seen. They put a trap on that path that day & caught one! I'm still kinda sad they trapped it.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:23:54pm |
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MandyManners Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:25:20pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:26:46pm |
re: #5 Floral Giraffe
Look at the SIZE of the little guy's feet!
Lotsa growing up to do!
I wonder how Wolverines do in captivity?
I saw one, once, in Glacier National Park. Folks kept insisting I hadn't seen anything. Dad's friend the biologist, made me describe what I'd seen. They put a trap on that path that day & caught one! I'm still kinda sad they trapped it.
It's hilarious...big feet dragging the rest of the little wolverine around. I love the bit where his mom (?) marches up and grabs him. "What did I say? In the cave! Right now, mister!"
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reine.de.tout Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:27:34pm |
re: #5 Floral Giraffe
Look at the SIZE of the little guy's feet!
Lotsa growing up to do!
I wonder how Wolverines do in captivity?
I saw one, once, in Glacier National Park. Folks kept insisting I hadn't seen anything. Dad's friend the biologist, made me describe what I'd seen. They put a trap on that path that day & caught one! I'm still kinda sad they trapped it.
Yeah, I noticed the size of his feet, too!
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reine.de.tout Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:27:55pm |
re: #8 SanFranciscoZionist
It's hilarious...big feet dragging the rest of the little wolverine around. I love the bit where his mom (?) marches up and grabs him. "What did I say? In the cave! Right now, mister!"
Moms are always moms, aren't they?
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:30:53pm |
This is clever... we know that the administration is not even considering a VAT because we discussed it here on LGF, and we all came to the conclusion that all the talk was just some manufactured make-believe outrage by Tea Party types.
Well, in order to keep the brain-addled conservatives confused, Obama made this statement today...
"President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that a new value-added tax on Americans is still on the table, seeming to show more openness to the idea than his aides have expressed in recent days."
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Clever!
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:32:23pm |
Adorable little varmints but they'll tear the nose right off your face if you give them a chance.
Wolverines have a well-deserved reputation for strength and ferocity and are known to successfully challenge game or competing predators many times their size.
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freetoken Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:32:25pm |
re: #11 Walter L. Newton
He does seem quite capable of boxing the right-wing talking heads about the ears.
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Virginia Plain Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:33:31pm |
I feel like some Roxy Music now:
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Palmer_Eldritch Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:35:05pm |
Why aren't we talking about Michael Yon charging McChrystal with libel?:
[Link: instaputz.blogspot.com...]
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Soap_Man Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:35:20pm |
It wont be long before that very cuteness is capable of killing any one of us.
Just sayin'
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The Shadow Do Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:35:50pm |
re: #12 Shiplord Kirel
Adorable little varmints but they'll tear the nose right off your face if you give them a chance.
Wolverines have a well-deserved reputation for strength and ferocity and are known to successfully challenge game or competing predators many times their size.
A .22 rifle and suddenly they ain't shit.
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freetoken Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:36:41pm |
re: #16 Palmer_Eldritch
Perhaps because no one before you brought it to our attention?
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:37:20pm |
re: #16 Palmer_Eldritch
Why aren't we talking about Michael Yon charging McChrystal with libel?:
[Link: instaputz.blogspot.com...]
Because our host hasn't posted it?
It sounds interesting, but it's not a top Charles agenda.
You could post it at your own blog.
If you chose to do so.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:38:15pm |
re: #7 MandyManners
[Video]
Another courageous but unenlightened amateur comes to a bad end. Pros know that you don't even think about shooting at a Hind unless you have at least a 20mm, and a Stinger would be a lot better.
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freetoken Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:38:48pm |
re: #20 Floral Giraffe
Best thing to do is post it in the spin-offs as well as in an open thread (like this one) and see if anyone takes the subject up.
I just don't follow the milbloggers so I don't know what's happening with their relationship with the military brass.
Perhaps this will become big news in time.
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Racer X Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:39:26pm |
re: #9 reine.de.tout
Yeah, I noticed the size of his feet, too!
You know what they say about a guy with big feet?
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:39:41pm |
You mean someone injected those poor little cute furry creatures with molten Adamantium? Quick someone get PETA on the phone, maybe we can get some nude models to protest or something!
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:40:30pm |
re: #23 freetoken
Best thing to do is post it in the spin-offs as well as in an open thread (like this one) and see if anyone takes the subject up.
I just don't follow the milbloggers so I don't know what's happening with their relationship with the military brass.
Perhaps this will become big news in time.
It might, or it might not.
I was questioning Palmer's posting of it here.
Seemed strange to me.
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lostlakehiker Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:41:21pm |
Skansen is a famous park in Stockholm, a bit the equivalent of the Tiergarten in Berlin. Both are impressive.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:41:54pm |
re: #18 The Shadow Do
A .22 rifle and suddenly they ain't shit.
I have a couple of .45/70 rifles and I still think the wolverines are pretty fierce.
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freetoken Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:42:53pm |
re: #26 Floral Giraffe
Well, I for one would be open to seeing where this goes. I suspect no where, but we'll find out.
I do think that over time, as Afghanistan wears on, that we might see the press start playing a more adversarial (to the military hierarchy) role.
The embedding of journalists was not without some trepidation (by both parties.)
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darthstar Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:43:23pm |
re: #7 MandyManners
[Video]
I figured someone would beat me to it(you posted clip #9), but here's clip number 6 as well.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:44:01pm |
re: #26 Floral Giraffe
It might, or it might not.
I was questioning Palmer's posting of it here.
Seemed strange to me.
Why? Charles has posted many a threads about Yon. The person is not unknown to Lizards.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:45:40pm |
re: #25 ausador
You mean someone injected those poor little cute furry creatures with molten Adamantium? Quick someone get PETA on the phone, maybe we can get some nude models to protest or something!
In response to a question you put to me in an earlier thread:
The cookbook is not *my* cookbook. It is an effort by the LGF community. I think it is perfectly appropriate for the community to vote on how the proceeds from the sale of the book are distributed. It's what my morality and conscience tells me is the appropriate thing to do. You don't care to vote? Then don't. But others do, and so I post about it at various times to make sure people see what's going on. You don't like it? Scroll on past.
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darthstar Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:47:01pm |
re: #18 The Shadow Do
A .22 rifle and suddenly they ain't shit.
Only an idiot would shoot a wolverine with a .22. Those little fuckers are fast and to quote Warren Zevon, "He'll rip your lungs out, Jim!"
Sure, they're only about 50lbs full grown...but they are tough little bastards.
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lostlakehiker Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:47:06pm |
I've seen marmot mothers carry their young that way. It's quite common among mammals. Though I doubt a human mother would win ooh isn't that cute sighs for trying it.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:47:24pm |
re: #21 Shiplord Kirel
Another courageous but unenlightened amateur comes to a bad end. Pros know that you don't even think about shooting at a Hind unless you have at least a 20mm, and a Stinger would be a lot better.
Indeed. Those things are heavily armored. Though the new types of .50 cal AP rounds would stand a good chance of killing it if you hit with a burst.
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:47:39pm |
re: #11 Walter L. Newton
This is clever... we know that the administration is not even considering a VAT because we discussed it here on LGF, and we all came to the conclusion that all the talk was just some manufactured make-believe outrage by Tea Party types.
Well, in order to keep the brain-addled conservatives confused, Obama made this statement today...
"President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that a new value-added tax on Americans is still on the table, seeming to show more openness to the idea than his aides have expressed in recent days."
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]Clever!
We all knew it was coming.
A VAT on Americans?
Along with micro-chips and bar-codes to track payment on each and every one of us.
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pharmmajor Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:48:17pm |
These wolverines are far more enjoyable to watch than the one in X-Men Origins (oh snap!)
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:48:21pm |
re: #30 darthstar
I figured someone would beat me to it(you posted clip #9), but here's clip number 6 as well.
[Video]
Ah, yes, the phenomenally inattentive firing squad scene.
"Excuse me, comrade commissar, but aren't those some of the wolverine hooligans pointing rifles at us from the rocks up there?"
"Possibly, comrade private, but we must finish the execution of these capitalist exploiters first."
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:48:41pm |
re: #37 ryannon
We all knew it was coming.
A VAT on Americans?
Along with micro-chips and bar-codes to track payment on each and every one of us.
I think you are paying, what, a 20 percent VAT right now, where you are?
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:49:32pm |
re: #31 Walter L. Newton
Hope all is well with you?
Did you get the LOST finale day off?
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Racer X Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:50:17pm |
re: #37 ryannon
We all knew it was coming.
A VAT on Americans?
Along with micro-chips and bar-codes to track payment on each and every one of us.
Holy crap! You mean those secret concentration camps the Birchers keep ranting about are real?
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:51:18pm |
re: #42 Racer X
Right this way, comrade....
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:51:56pm |
re: #40 Walter L. Newton
I think you are paying, what, a 20 percent VAT right now, where you are?
On just about everything except breathing.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:52:27pm |
re: #17 Soap_Man
It wont be long before that very cuteness is capable of killing any one of us.
Just sayin'
That's OK, I just won't go to Stockholm.
Watched a TV show once, about a couple who foster orphaned tiger cubs before giving them to nature preserves and zoos.
They are so amazingly cute, and you can give them baths in the bathtub.
They grow up to be TIGERS.
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:52:47pm |
re: #42 Racer X
Holy crap! You mean those secret concentration camps the Birchers keep ranting about are real?
Not only real, but financed by the VAT!
Connect the dots, people!
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:52:57pm |
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:53:44pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:54:06pm |
re: #31 Walter L. Newton
Why? Charles has posted many a threads about Yon. The person is not unknown to Lizards.
The approach is key. One does not say 'Why aren't we talking about', or 'why isn't Charles posting about', one simply says, "Hey, look at what I've been reading!"
A conversation may start. A thread may follow.
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Kragar Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:54:25pm |
re: #43 Floral Giraffe
Right this way, comrade...
Report to your assigned correction center, room 133-B. Sit in the BLUE chair. Failure to comply will be...unwise.
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swamprat Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:54:49pm |
re: #37 ryannon
We all knew it was coming.
A VAT on Americans?
Along with micro-chips and bar-codes to track payment on each and every one of us.
Lets see... He's one year older...6 inches taller....much smarter....
Okay, you owe us $1,300 dollars, minus the two baby teeth.
Please pay at the window.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:55:36pm |
re: #41 Floral Giraffe
Hope all is well with you?
Did you get the LOST finale day off?
Won't know until later next month. They try to accommodate requests like that, especially if they are made far in advance of the date, but... I am also low man of about 20 cashiers, and they do follow a seniority type arrangement here, so, I'm not guaranteed anything.
So far, I haven't even settled into a regular schedule, and as low man, I may not. My total hours and days on/off at this point can constantly change, since I'm the optimum person to use to cover all the other holes.
Technically, I was hired as part time, 20 hours a week. But with the scattered schedule, training sessions and filling in those overnights I did, I haven't had a 20 hour week since I started a month ago. It's been 20-30 hours most.
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:55:43pm |
re: #40 Walter L. Newton
I think you are paying, what, a 20 percent VAT right now, where you are?
And it falls upon rich as upon the poor. But with great injustice for the latter.
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Political Atheist Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:56:46pm |
re: #29 freetoken
Michael Yon is well worth watching. Interesting blend of a unique photographic style with a dry direct writing style. I like him.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:57:53pm |
re: #53 ryannon
And it falls upon rich as upon the poor. But with great injustice for the latter.
Oh.. I know, and you know... I've spent enough time in France to become very familiar with their taxes and many other aspects of their economy.
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Dancing along the light of day Wed, Apr 21, 2010 8:59:07pm |
re: #54 Rightwingconspirator
I like him a lot too.
I wish him nothing but the best.
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darthstar Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:00:02pm |
re: #55 Walter L. Newton
Oh.. I know, and you know... I've spent enough time in France to become very familiar with their taxes and many other aspects of their economy.
I'd still live in France in a heartbeat. Sophia Antipolis (near Grasse/Cannes) is their silicone valley...lots of IT jobs there...otherwise, it's the Paris region (still not too bad, but the south of France fuckin' rocks)
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:00:39pm |
re: #51 swamprat
Lets see... He's one year older...6 inches taller...much smarter...
Okay, you owe us $1,300 dollars, minus the two baby teeth.
Please pay at the window.
I searched for that iconic opening of every episode of the Simpsons, where Maggie gets passed through the supermarket scanner.
And guess what folks?
You won't find it.
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Cato the Elder Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:04:16pm |
re: #7 MandyManners
Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare;
hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te.
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avanti Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:05:26pm |
re: #11 Walter L. Newton
This is clever... we know that the administration is not even considering a VAT because we discussed it here on LGF, and we all came to the conclusion that all the talk was just some manufactured make-believe outrage by Tea Party types.
Well, in order to keep the brain-addled conservatives confused, Obama made this statement today...
"President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that a new value-added tax on Americans is still on the table, seeming to show more openness to the idea than his aides have expressed in recent days."
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Clever!
Obama often makes the mistake of talking too honestly on issues. i.e. no idea is "off the table" until he hears the idea's, and that gets him in big trouble. He should just say "read my lips". then if forced to make a unpopular choice later, he delays the flack.
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:07:34pm |
re: #57 darthstar
I'd still live in France in a heartbeat. Sophia Antipolis (near Grasse/Cannes) is their silicone valley...lots of IT jobs there...otherwise, it's the Paris region (still not too bad, but the south of France fuckin' rocks)
Sophia Antipolis is lovely. But when was the last time you ever heard of paradigm-changing innovation coming out of there?
Now, Eric Moreno is another story altogether. But he was a lone wolf, working out of the dining-room of his Paris apartment And now he receives a royalty every time a chip is embedded in a credit or a smart card.
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ryannon Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:09:20pm |
re: #61 ryannon
Sorry, that was supposed to be Roland Moreno.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:16:16pm |
re: #59 Cato the Elder
Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare;
hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te.
Yes, well, I'm sure the possums don't think much of you either.
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EastSider Wed, Apr 21, 2010 9:18:51pm |
well this has nothing to do with wolverines, but by the time I typed it up downstairs everyone had come to play w/ the x-men kiddies.
the comedy aside, my thoughts on what's happening here are as follows:
We're transitioning away from a world painted in absolutes.
The key word there is "painted." Very little of human existence can be accurately described by a broad brush as "good" or "bad." However, in the past, people have had such control over information that perception of people, tribes, and other groups could be widely held as "good" or "bad."
While Stewart says Fox trades on being partisan/disingenuous, he's not 100% on point. They actually make their $ on the generalizations themselves. They have a stable, rabidly passionate base of people who have a very clear concept of "us" and "them" (and "good" and "bad").
But the explosion of the internet, and the truly free spread of information over the last 10 years has made it that the elites (in this case played ironically by Fox News) can no longer control the flow of information. You can try and paint Iran as an evil place of warlords, but eventually someone is going to watch Persepolis and change their own mind.
As a people, (the whole world, really) we're going to have to come to terms with the fact that we're in this together, and that everyone is a little bit "good" and a little bit "bad." Attempting to portray people in absolutes is only going to make a particular speaker (or an entire "News" channel) come off as naive at best, and, yes, disingenuous at worst.
/end off topic thread
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lostlakehiker Wed, Apr 21, 2010 10:51:40pm |
re: #64 EastSider
well this has nothing to do with wolverines, but by the time I typed it up downstairs everyone had come to play w/ the x-
menkiddies./end off topic thread
Having both read and seen Persepolis, and then rewatched it on the computer monitor, and read "Reading Lolita in Tehran", I have inevitably a great sympathy for the Iranian people. It's even reciprocated, to some extent, going by the evidence of how Iranian youth don't flock to those "death to America" three minute hates.
But the regime in Iran is another story. They really are working to develop nuclear weapons. No serious observer can conclude otherwise. They float talk of destroying Israel. They make their neighbors, who know them best, very nervous.
The regime is cruel to its own people, though they've not yet gone to the sadistic extremes that Saddam did. That's the best nice thing I can say about them.
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steve_davis Thu, Apr 22, 2010 5:04:18am |
The end is wonderful, when the mother basically runs out of patience and basically airlifts the poor kid behind the rock via the scruff of his neck.
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affenkopf Thu, Apr 22, 2010 5:59:15am |
Ever since reading James Elroy's The Big Nowhere I can see nothing but mercyless killer machines in wolverines, even cute ones.
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